Mâkak — H4355

Definition

verb

to tumble (in ruins); figuratively, to perish

1. to be low, be humiliated
1. (Qal) to be low, be humiliated
2. (Niphal) to sink
3. (Hophal) to be brought low

Usually translated as

be brought low, decay

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Mâkak occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (1)

• Job 24:24 — They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low (וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ); they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
• Psalms 106:43 — Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low (וַ֝יָּמֹ֗כּוּ) for their iniquity.
• Ecclesiastes 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth (יִמַּ֣ךְ); and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.