Masʼêth — H4864

Definition

feminine noun

properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)

1. uprising, utterance, burden, portion, uplifting
1. that which rises, uprising, uplifting, signal, rising
2. utterance, oracle
3. burden
4. portion, present, largesse, gift, contribution, offering, tribute

Usually translated as

collection, flame, mess, burden, sign of fire, reward, gift, lifting up, oblation

Origin

from H5375

• Derived from Nâsâʼ (H5375)

Greek equivalents

• dōron (G1435)
• merís (G3310)
• pýrgos (G4444)
• sēmeîon (G4592)
• sýssēmon (G4953)

Occurrences

Masʼêth occurs 16 times in 14 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Judges (2), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Esther (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (2), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Genesis 43:34 — And he took and sent messes (מַשְׂאֹ֜ת) unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
• Genesis 43:34 — And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess (מַשְׂאַ֧ת) was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
• Genesis 43:34 — And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as (מִמַּשְׂאֹ֥ת) any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
• Judges 20:38 — Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame (מַשְׂאַ֥ת) with smoke rise up out of the city.
• Judges 20:40 — But when the flame (וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת) began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
• 2 Samuel 11:8 — And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess (מַשְׂאַ֥ת) of meat from the king.
• 2 Chronicles 24:6 — And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection (מַשְׂאַת֙), according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
• 2 Chronicles 24:9 — And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection (מַשְׂאַ֞ת) that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
• Esther 2:18 — Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts (מַשְׂאֵ֖ת), according to the state of the king.
• Psalms 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up (מַֽשְׂאַ֥ת) of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Jeremiah 6:1 — O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire (מַשְׂאֵ֑ת) in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
• Jeremiah 40:5 — Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward (וּמַשְׂאֵ֖ת), and let him go.
• Lamentations 2:14 — Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
• Ezekiel 20:40 — For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations (מַשְׂאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם), with all your holy things.
• Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens (וּמַשְׂאַת) of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
• Zephaniah 3:18 — I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden (מַשְׂאֵ֥ת).