Lexical Summary machoz: a city Original Word: מָחוֹזTransliteration: machoz Phonetic Spelling: (maw-khoze') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a city Meaning: a harbor Strong's Concordance haven From an unused root meaning to enclose; a harbor (as shut in by the shore) -- haven. Brown-Driver-Briggs H4231. machoz מָחוֺז noun [masculine] city (Assyrian loan-word; from ma—âzu, city, AsrbAnnals iii.115 and often; see DlHWB 271; compare מָחוֺזָא ᵑ7 market-place, province, small town) — only construct חֶפְצָם אֶלמְֿחוֺז וַיַּנְחֵם Psalm 107:30 and he guided them unto the city of their desire. |
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