What does מָשַׁךְ · μακροθυμία mean in the Bible?
מָשַׁךְ · μακροθυμία is a Hebrew phrase meaning "drawn out, prolonged".
Hebrew · H4900, G3115
מְמֻשָּׁכָה
To draw , used in a great variety of applications (including to sow , to sound , to prolong , to develop , to march , to remove , to delay , to be tall , etc.) · patience
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מָשַׁךְH4900to draw , used in a great variety of applications (including to sow , to sound , to prolong , to develop , to march , to remove , to delay , to be tall , etc.)
Pronunciationməšōḵ
Foundational motion verb meaning "to draw" with productive range: stretching, prolonging, extending through space and time.
Open lexicon entry →μακροθυμίαG3115patience
Pronunciationmakrothymía
Steadfast forbearance under provocation or hardship; God's restraint from judgment despite human sin.
Open lexicon entry →What does מְמֻשָּׁכָה (memushakhah) mean in the Bible?
מָשַׁךְ · μακροθυμία is a Hebrew phrase meaning "drawn out, prolonged".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4900, G3115?
H4900, G3115 is connected to 36 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. drawn out, prolonged
Source Gloss
drawn out, prolonged
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms20
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense14×
Participle activeIsa 5:18 · Isa 66:19 · Judg 5:14 · Ps 109:124×
Perfect1Kgs 22:34 · 2Chr 18:33 · Hos 7:5 · Deut 21:34×
Sequential imperfectExod 12:21 · Ezek 32:20 · Ps 36:113×
ImperfectJob 40:25 · Ps 85:6 · Job 21:333×
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject3×
Participle passiveIsa 18:2 · Isa 18:7 · Prov 13:123×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action3×
ImperfectEzek 12:25 · Ezek 12:28 · Isa 13:223×
Word Origins
מְמֻשָּׁכָה is a primitive root - no further derivation.