Liquid
מַסֵּכָהStrong’s H4541massekhah (mas-se-khah)
Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Massekhah is the Hebrew word usually translated “molten metal”, “molten image” and “molten images”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
Meaning
- A pouring, libation, molten metal, cast image, drink offeringlibation (with covenant sacrifice) · molten metal, molten image, molten gods
- Web, covering, veil, woven stuff
How it's translated
- molten metal 6
- a molten image 4
- and a molten image 4
- the molten image 2
- and the molten images 2
- to a molten image 2
- molten metal their 1
- and molten images 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 5
- Isaiah 5
- Exodus 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Leviticus 1
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 32:8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 34:17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
- Leviticus 19:4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
- Numbers 33:52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
- Deuteronomy 9:12And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
- Deuteronomy 9:16And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
Hebrew dictionary
מַסֵּכָה massekhah · liquid
1) a pouring, libation, molten metal, cast image, drink offering 1a) libation (with covenant sacrifice) 1b) molten metal, molten image, molten gods
מַסֵּכָה massekhah · veil
web, covering, veil, woven stuff
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “liquid” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LIQ'UID, adjective
[Latin liquidus, from liquo, to melt; lix and lug.]
- Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid.
- Soft; clear; flowing; smooth; as liquid melody.
- Pronounced without any jar; smooth; as a liquid letter.
- Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as a liquid debt. obsolete
All definitions and other forms of “liquid”
LIQ'UID, noun
- A fluid or flowing substance; a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane; as water, wine, milk, etc.
- In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as l and r, in bla, bra.
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.