Massah
מַסָּהStrong’s H4532massah (mas-sah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Massah is the Hebrew word usually translated “massah” and “at massah”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?”
Meaning
- § Massah = "temptation"
How it's translated
- massah 2
- at massah 2
- and at massah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 3
- Exodus 1
- Psalms 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- Deuteronomy 9:22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
- Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
- Psalms 95:8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Hebrew dictionary
מַסָּה massah · Massah
§ Massah = "temptation" the place in the wilderness where the Israelites tested Jehovah also 'Meribah'
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.