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מַסָּה

mas.sahdespairHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine4 occurrences2 books4 verses

Definition

from H5254; a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous)
Traditional renderings: temptation, trial.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַסָּה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

4 total
  1. Deuteronomy 4:34בְּמַסֹּת֩ · by trials
    Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
  2. Deuteronomy 7:19הַמַּסֹּ֨ת · trials
    …the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
  3. Deuteronomy 29:3הַמַּסּוֹת֙ · trials
    You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
  4. Job 9:23לְמַסַּ֖ת · the despair
    When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.