H4290 · מַחְתֶּרֶת
machtereth · makh-teh'-reth · breaking up, secret search
H4290 (machtereth, pronounced makh-teh'-reth) is the Hebrew word מַחְתֶּרֶת in Strong’s dictionary: a burglary. It appears 2 times in 2 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מַחְתֶּרֶת (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- machtereth
- Pronunciation
- makh-teh'-reth
- Derivation
- from H2864 (חָתַר);
- Definition
- a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination
- Rendered in the KJV
- breaking up, secret search.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
2 occurrences in 2 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “breaking in” ×2
By book
Exodus 1 · Jeremiah 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4290.