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To weaken

מָהַלStrong’s H4107

mahal (ma-hal)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Mahal is the Hebrew word usually translated “mixed”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:”
Isaiah 1:22 KJV
Meaning
  1. To circumcise, weaken, cut down(Qal) weakened (participle)
How it's translated
  • mixed 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מָהַל mahal · to weaken

    1) to circumcise, weaken, cut down 1a) (Qal) weakened (participle)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “weaken” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WEAKEN, verb transitive

    1. To lessen the strength of, or to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; as, to weaken the body; to weaken the mind; to weaken the hands of the magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument.
    2. To reduce in strength or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.