Lexicon masas: to dissolve, melt Original Word: מָסַסPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: masas Phonetic Spelling: (maw-sas') Short Definition: melt NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto dissolve, melt NASB Translationcompletely lose heart (1), drenched (1), dropped (1), melt (7), melt away (1), melted (5), melting (1), melts (1), wastes away (1), worthless (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ מָסַס] verb dissolve, melt, intransitive ( ᵑ7 מְסַס; compare מסה, and II. מאס); — Qal. Infinitive construct מְסֹס נֹסֵס Isaiah 10:18; like the melting (wasting away) of a נֹסֵס (q. v.) Niph`al Perfect וְנָמֵס consecutive Ezekiel 21:12; וְנָמָ֑ס Exodus 16:21; Psalm 112:10; נָמַ֫סּוּ Psalm 97:5 2t; Imperfect יִמַּס Deuteronomy 20:8 +; וַיִּמַּסּוּ Judges 15:14; Infinitive absolute הִמֵּס 2 Samuel 17:10; construct id. Psalm 68:3; Participle נָמֵס Psalm 22:15 2t.; — 1 melt (intransitive) of manna Exodus 16:21; wax Psalm 68:3 (simile of wicked); manacles Judges 15:14 (= vanished, dropped off); wicked Psalm 112:10 (melt away); especially of hills and mountains Micah 1:4; Psalm 97:5; Isaiah 34:3. 2 most often figurative of heart = faint, grow fearful, Nahum 2:11; 2 Samuel 17:10 (twice in verse) (compare Dr), Deuteronomy 20:8; Joshua 2:11; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 7:5; Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 19:1; Ezekiel 21:12; Psalm 22:15. 3 Participle = wasted, consumptive (?), 1 Samuel 15:9 ("" נְמִבְזָה, read נִבְזָה see בזה Niph`al) < read נִמְאֶסֶת worthless, literally rejected (see מאס Niph`al) Hiph`il Perfect3plural הֵמַסּוּ אֶתלְֿבָבֵנוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 cause to melt ( = intimidate).
Strong's discourage, faint, be loosed, melt away, refuse, utterly A primitive root; to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) -- discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, X utterly. |
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