4388 - maktesh

Strong's Concordance

Original word: מַכְתֵּשׁ
Transliteration: maktesh
Definition (short): hollow
Definition (full): a mortar, a socket

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from kathash
Definition: mortar
NASB Translation: hollow (1), mortar (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From kathash; a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth) -- hollow place, mortar.

see HEBREW kathash

References

Strong's 4388: 2 Occurrences
KJV: But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
NASB: But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
KJV: Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
NASB: Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.