To wipe
מָחָהStrong’s H4229machah (ma-chah)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machah is the Hebrew word usually translated “it will be wiped out”, “it be wiped out” and “wipe out”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”
Meaning
- To wipe, wipe out(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory)
- (Qal) to strike
- (Pual) full of marrow (participle)
How it's translated
- it will be wiped out 2
- it be wiped out 2
- you wipe out 2
- wipe out 2
- i will wipe 1
- and i will wipe 1
- and he wiped out 1
- and they were wiped out 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Deuteronomy 4
- Isaiah 4
- Genesis 3
- Exodus 3
- Proverbs 3
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 7:4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
- Genesis 7:23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
- Exodus 17:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
- Exodus 32:32Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
- Exodus 32:33And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
- Numbers 5:23And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
Hebrew dictionary
מָחָה machah · to wipe
1) to wipe, wipe out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wipe 1a2) to blot out, obliterate 1a3) to blot out, exterminate 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be wiped out 1b2) to be blotted out 1b3) to be exterminated 1c) (Hiphil) to blot out (from memory)
מָחָה machah · to strike
(Qal) to strike
מָחָה machah · be marrow
(Pual) full of marrow (participle)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wipe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WIPE, verb transitive
- To rub something soft for cleaning; to clean by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. Luke 7:38
- To strike off gently.
- To cleanse from evil practices or abuses; to overturn and destroy what is foul and hateful.“I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish” 2 Kings 21:13
- To cheat; to defraud.
All definitions and other forms of “wipe”
WIPE, noun
- The act of rubbing for the purpose of cleaning.
- A blow; a stroke.
- A gibe; a jeer; a severe sarcasm.
- A bird.
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.