מַצָּה
Strong's H4682
matstsâh
/mats-tsaw'/
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
Quick Facts
- Strong's Number
- H4682
- Hebrew
- מַצָּה
- Transliteration
- matstsâh
- Pronunciation
- /mats-tsaw'/
- KJV Translations
- 3 distinct renderings
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
Definition & Etymology
Full Definition
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
Derivation
from H4711 (מָצַץ) in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness;H4711 (mâtsats)
KJV Translation Breakdown
This Hebrew word is translated as the following in the King James Version:
unleaved (breadcake)without leaven
Related Hebrew Words
Words sharing the same root or referenced in the derivation of matstsâh:
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