Mâʻôwg — H4580

Definition

masculine noun

a cake of bread; parasite

1. cake

Usually translated as

cake, feast

Origin

from H5746; also with H3934 a table-buffoon, i.e.

• Derived from ʻûwg (H5746)
• Derived from Lâʻêg (H3934)

Occurrences

Mâʻôwg occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 1 Kings 17:12 — And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake (מָע֔וֹג), but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
• Psalms 35:16 — With hypocritical mockers in feasts (מָע֑וֹג), they gnashed upon me with their teeth.