Definition
a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to
Traditional renderings: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).
Traditional renderings: abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, × utterly, wipe (away, out).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
36 total
- Genesis 6:7אֶמְחֶ֨ה · I will blot outSo the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”
- Genesis 7:4וּמָחִ֗יתִי · and I will wipeFor seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”
- Genesis 7:23וַיִּ֜מַח · was destroyed; וַיִּמָּח֖וּ · they were blotted outAnd every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
- Exodus 17:14מָחֹ֤ה · I will utterly blot out; אֶמְחֶה֙Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- Exodus 32:32מְחֵ֣נִי · blot meYet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”
- Exodus 32:33אֶמְחֶ֖נּוּ · I will blot outThe LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
- Numbers 5:23וּמָחָ֖ה · and wash them offAnd the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
- Numbers 34:11וּמָחָ֛ה…then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
- Deuteronomy 9:14וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה · and blot outLeave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
- Deuteronomy 25:6יִמָּחֶ֥ה · be blotted outThe first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 25:19תִּמְחֶה֙ · you are to blot outWhen the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
- Deuteronomy 29:20וּמָחָ֤ה · will blot outThe LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
- Judges 21:17יִמָּחֶ֥ה · be wiped outThey added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
- 2 Kings 14:27לִמְחוֹת֙ · that He would not blot out…and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
- 2 Kings 21:13וּמָחִ֨יתִי · and I will wipe out; יִמְחֶ֤ה · one wipes out; מָחָ֔ה · wiping [it]I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
- Nehemiah 4:5תִּמָּחֶ֑ה · be blotted outDo not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
- Nehemiah 13:14תֶּ֣מַח · blot outRemember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
- Psalm 9:5מָ֝חִ֗יתָ · You have erasedYou have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- Psalm 51:1מְחֵ֣ה · blot outFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalm 51:9מְחֵֽה׃ · and blot outHide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.
- Psalm 69:28יִ֭מָּחֽוּ · May they be blotted outMay they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
- Psalm 109:13יִמַּ֥ח · be blotted outMay his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- Psalm 109:14תִּמָּֽח׃ · be blotted outMay the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
- Proverbs 6:33תִמָּחֶֽה׃ · be wiped awayWounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
- Proverbs 30:20וּמָ֣חֲתָה · and wipesThis is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- Proverbs 31:3לַֽמְח֥וֹת · on those who ruinDo not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
- Isaiah 25:6מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔םOn this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Isaiah 25:8וּמָחָ֨ה · will wipe awayHe will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 43:25מֹחֶ֥ה · who blots outI, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Isaiah 44:22מָחִ֤יתִי · I have blotted outI have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
- Jeremiah 18:23תֶּ֑מְחִי · blot outBut You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
- Ezekiel 6:6וְנִמְח֖וּ · blotted outWherever you live, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be demolished, so that your altars will be laid waste and desecrated, your idols smashed and obliterated, your incense altars cut down, and your works blotted out.