מַכְתֵּשׁmaktêsh/mak-taysh'/
HebrewH43882 occurrences (KJV)
a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
KJV renders it: hollow place, mortar.
Where it appears
- Judg 15:19But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
- Prov 27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.