To clap
מָחָאStrong’s H4222maach (ma-ach)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maach is the Hebrew word usually translated “let them clap”, “clap” and “clapping you”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together”
Meaning
- To strike, clap (the hands)(Qal) to clap (of joy) · (Piel) to clap (of exultation)
How it's translated
- let them clap 1
- they will clap 1
- clapping you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Isaiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- Ezekiel 25:6For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
Hebrew dictionary
מָחָא maach · to clap
1) to strike, clap (the hands) 1a) (Qal) to clap (of joy) 1b) (Piel) to clap (of exultation) Aramaic equivalent: me.ach (מְחָא "to smite" H4223)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “clap” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLAP, verb transitive
- To strike with a quick motion, so as to make a noise by the collision; to strike with something broad, or having a flat surface; as, to clap the hands; to clap the wings.
- To thrust or drive together; to shut hastily; followed by to; as, to clap to the door or gate.
- To thrust or drive together; to put one thing to another by a hasty or sudden motion; followed by to, on or in; as, to clap the hand to the mouth; to clap spurs to a horse; to clap on a saddle.
- To thrust; to put, place or send; followed by in, into, under, over, etc.; as, to clap one under the hatches; to clap one into Bedlam; to clap a board over a pit.
All definitions and other forms of “clap”
- To applaud; to manifest approbation or praise by striking the hands together; as, to clap a performance on the stage.
- To infect with venereal poison.
CLAP, verb intransitive
- To move or drive together suddenly with noise.
- To enter on with alacrity and briskness; to drive or thrust on; as we say to reapers or mowers, clap in, or clap to, that is, enter on the work, begin without delay, begin briskly.
- To strike the hands together in applause.
CLAP, noun
- A driving together; a thrust and collision of bodies with noise, usually bodies with broad surfaces.
- A sudden act or motion; a thrust.
- A burst of sound; a sudden explosion; as a clap of thunder.
- An act of applause; a striking of hands to express approbation.
- A venereal infection.
- With falconers, the nether part of the beak of a hawk.
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.