H4464 - מַמְזֵר (mamzêr)

H4464 מַמְזֵר (mamzêr) mam-zare'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to alienate; a mongrel, i.e. born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother

KJV Usage: bastard

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַמְזֵר (mam.zer) — bastard. 1) bastard, child of incest, illegitimate child 1a) bastard 1b) mixed population (fig.) 1c) born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother or visa versa

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַמְזֵר (H4464)

noun m

Relatives

illegitimate child, bastard, mongrel = a child born out of wedlock or from an unlawful marriage

DEU 23:3 · ZEC 9:6

¹ ZEC 9:6 RSV NJPS NRSV "mongrel people" GNT "people of mixed race" ESV "a mixed people" NIV "foreigners" NJB "half-breed" CEV "a mob of half-breeds"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַמְזֵר n.m. bastard, specif. child of incest lit. bastard

perh. fig. coll., of mixed population

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