Definition
(Aramaic) corresponding to H4222; to strike in pieces; also to arrest; specifically to impale
Traditional renderings: hang, smite, stay.
Traditional renderings: hang, smite, stay.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מְחָא:
- πατάσσωpatassō“to strike”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Ezra 6:11יִתְמְחֵ֣א · and he is to be impaledI also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
- Daniel 2:34וּמְחָ֤ת · It struckAs you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.
- Daniel 2:35מְחָ֣ת · had struckThen the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
- Daniel 4:35יְמַחֵ֣א · can restrainAll the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”