Quick Definition
to melt
Strong's Definition
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, [idiom] utterly.
TWOT Reference: 1223
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to dissolve, melt
1a) (Qal) to waste away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to melt, vanish, drop off, melt away
1b2) to faint, grow fearful (fig.)
1b3) wasted, worthless (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to melt
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to dissolve, melt
1a) (Qal) to waste away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to melt, vanish, drop off, melt away
1b2) to faint, grow fearful (fig.)
1b3) wasted, worthless (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to melt
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָסַס
mâsas
BDB Definition:
1) to dissolve, melt
1a) (Qal) to waste away
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to melt, vanish, drop off, melt away
1b2) to faint, grow fearful (figuratively)
1b3) wasted, worthless (participle)
1c) (Hiphil) to cause to melt
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1223
Total KJV Occurrences: 20