Strong's Concordance machtereth: a breaking in, burglary Original Word: מַחְתֶּ֫רֶתPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: machtereth Phonetic Spelling: (makh-teh'-reth) Short Definition: breaking Brown-Driver-Briggs מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת noun masculine breaking in, burglary — יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב ׳אִםבַּֿמּ Exodus 22:1 i.e. caught in the act (JE); so מְצָאתִים ׳לֹא בַּמּ Jeremiah 2:34, not in the act of breaking in didst thou find them (2 feminine singular suffix Ges§ 44, 2, R 4), i.e. those whom thou hast slain were not detected in crime. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance breaking up, secret search From chathar; a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination -- breaking up, secret search. see HEBREW chathar Forms and Transliterations בַּמַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת בַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶת במחתרת bam·maḥ·te·reṯ ḇam·maḥ·te·reṯ bammachTeret bammaḥtereṯ ḇammaḥtereṯ vammachTeretLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 42902 Occurrences bam·maḥ·te·reṯ — 1 Occ. ḇam·maḥ·te·reṯ — 1 Occ. Exodus 22:2 HEB: אִם־ בַּמַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת יִמָּצֵ֥א הַגַּנָּ֖ב NAS: is caught while breaking in and is struck KJV: be found breaking up, and be smitten INT: If breaking is caught the thief Jeremiah 2:34 |