Lexical Summary machtereth: a breaking in, burglary Original Word: מַחְתֶּרֶתTransliteration: machtereth Phonetic Spelling: (makh-teh'-reth) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a breaking in, burglary Meaning: a burglary, unexpected examination Strong's Concordance breaking up, secret search From chathar; a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination -- breaking up, secret search. see HEBREW chathar Brown-Driver-Briggs H4290. machtereth מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת noun masculine breaking in, burglary — ׳אִםבַּֿמּ הַגַּנָּב יִמָּצֵא Exodus 22:1 i.e. caught in the act (JE); so בַּמּ ׳לֹא מְצָאתִים Jeremiah 2:34, not in the act of breaking in didst thou find them (2 feminine singular suffix Ges§ 44, 2, R 4), i.e. those whom thou hast slain were not detected in crime. |
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