Mâshak — H4900

Definition

verb

to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)

1. to draw, drag, seize
1. (Qal)
1. to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down
2. to draw (the bow)
3. to proceed, march
4. to draw out or give (a sound)
5. to draw out, prolong, continue
6. to trail (seed in sowing)
7. to cheer, draw, attract, gratify
2. (Niphal) to be drawn out
3. (Pual)
1. to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred
2. to be tall

Usually translated as

draw, continue, extend, forbear, give, handle, long, defer, make, sow, scatter, stretch out

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• ágō (G71)
• apágō (G520)
• apérchomai (G565)
• ekteínō (G1614)
• ekchéō (G1632)
• helkýō (G1670)
• enischýō (G1765)
• exélkō (G1828)
• epágō (G1863)
• epispáomai (G1986)
• thlíbō (G2346)
• katastréphō (G2690)
• mēkýnō (G3373)
• parateínō (G3905)
• chronízō (G5549)

Occurrences

Mâshak occurs 36 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (4), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (3), Psalms (5), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (2), Amos (1)

• Genesis 37:28 — Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew (וַֽיִּמְשְׁכוּ֙) and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
• Exodus 12:21 — Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out (מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ) and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
• Exodus 19:13 — There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long (בִּמְשֹׁךְ֙), they shall come up to the mount.
• Deuteronomy 21:3 — And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn (מָשְׁכָ֖ה) in the yoke;
• Joshua 6:5 — And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast (בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ) with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
• Judges 4:6 — And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw (וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙) toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
• Judges 4:7 — And I will draw (וּמָשַׁכְתִּ֨י) unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
• Judges 5:14 — Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle (מֹשְׁכִ֖ים) the pen of the writer.
• Judges 20:37 — And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along (וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙), and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.
• 1 Kings 22:34 — And a certain man drew (מָשַׁ֤ךְ) a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
• 2 Chronicles 18:33 — And a certain man drew (מָשַׁ֤ךְ) a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
• Nehemiah 9:30 — Yet many years didst thou forbear (וַתִּמְשֹׁ֤ךְ) them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
• Job 21:33 — The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw (יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ) after him, as there are innumerable before him.
• Job 24:22 — He draweth (וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ) also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
• Job 41:1 — Canst thou draw out (תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ) leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
• Psalms 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth (בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹ) him into his net.
• Psalms 28:3 — Draw (תִּמְשְׁכֵ֣נִי) me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
• Psalms 36:10 — O continue (מְשֹׁ֣ךְ) thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
• Psalms 85:5 — Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out (תִּמְשֹׁ֥ךְ) thine anger to all generations?
• Psalms 109:12 — Let there be none to extend (מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ) mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
• Proverbs 13:12 — Hope deferred (מְ֭מֻשָּׁכָה) maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
• Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give (לִמְשׁ֥וֹךְ) myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
• Song of Songs 1:4 — Draw (מָשְׁכֵ֖נִי) me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
• Isaiah 5:18 — Woe unto them that draw (מֹשְׁכֵ֥י) iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
• Isaiah 13:22 — And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged (יִמָּשֵֽׁכוּ).
• Isaiah 18:2 — That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered (מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ) and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
• Isaiah 18:7 — In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered (מְמֻשָּׁ֣ךְ) and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
• Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw (מֹ֥שְׁכֵי) the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
• Jeremiah 31:3 — The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn (מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ) thee.
• Jeremiah 38:13 — So they drew up (וַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּ) Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
• Ezekiel 12:25 — For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged (תִמָּשֵׁ֖ךְ): for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 12:28 — Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged (תִמָּשֵׁ֥ךְ) any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 32:20 — They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw (מָשְׁכ֥וּ) her and all her multitudes.
• Hosea 7:5 — In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out (מָשַׁ֥ךְ) his hand with scorners.
• Hosea 11:4 — I drew (אֶמְשְׁכֵם֙) them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
• Amos 9:13 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth (בְּמֹשֵׁ֣ךְ) seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.