מָשׁוֹט

mashot · oar

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4880 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

mashot (מָשׁוֹט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “oar”.

An oar.

How to say it

ma·shot

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A long blade with which a boat is driven through the water.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • oar ×1
  • oars ×1

Where it appears

  • Ezekiel 27:6

    Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; your planking they made of ivory set in boxwood from the coastlands of Kittim.

  • Ezekiel 27:29

    And they will come down from their ships, all who handle the oar, the sailors, all the pilots of the sea; on the land they will stand.