Limitless Word
מָחַץmâchats/maw-khats'/
HebrewH427214 occurrences (KJV)

to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy

KJV renders it: dip, pierce (through), smite (through), strike through, wound.

Where it appears

  • Num 24:8God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.
  • Num 24:17I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
  • Deut 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
  • Deut 33:11Yahweh, bless his skills. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”
  • Judg 5:26She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
  • 2 Sam 22:39I have consumed them, and struck them through, so that they can’t arise. Yes, they have fallen under my feet.
  • Job 5:18For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
  • Job 26:12He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
  • Ps 18:38I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
  • Ps 68:21But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
  • Ps 68:23That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
  • Ps 110:5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
  • Ps 110:6He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
  • Hab 3:13You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. Selah.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.