Mortar
מַכְתֵּשׁStrong’s H4389makhtesh (makh-tesh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Makhtesh is the Hebrew word usually translated “mortar”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.”
Meaning
- § Maktesh = "a mortar" or "deep hollow"
How it's translated
- the mortar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Zephaniah 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מַכְתֵּשׁ makhtesh · Mortar
§ Maktesh = "a mortar" or "deep hollow" a hollow or valley evidently in the greater Jerusalem area
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mortar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOR'TAR, noun
[Latin mortarium.]
- A vessel of wood or metal in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or bruised with a pestle.
- A short piece of ordnance, thick and wide, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc.; so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.
All definitions and other forms of “mortar”
MOR'TAR, noun
A mixture of lime and sand with water, used as a cement for uniting stones and bricks in walls. If the lime is slaked and the materials mixed with lime water, the cement will be much stronger.
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.