מְכַסֶּה
mechase · covering
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4374 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
mechase (מְכַסֶּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “covering”.
What covers: an awning, a garment, the worms covering a body; in Leviticus 9:19, the fat that wraps the inner parts.
How to say it
me·cha·se
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
- What covers: a ship's awning, a garment, or the fat that wraps the entrails.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are your covering ×1
- awning ×1
- clothing ×1
- which covers ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 9:19
and the fat portions from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver;
- Isaiah 14:11
Your pride has been brought down to Sheol, the noise of your harps; beneath you worms are spread out, and grubs are your covering.
- Isaiah 23:18
And her profit and her wages will be holy to YHWH; it will not be stored up nor hoarded; for for those who dwell before YHWH her profit will be for eating to satisfaction and for splendid clothing.
- Ezekiel 27:7
Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt was your sail, to serve you as a banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was your awning.