Strong's Hebrew · H4223
מְחָא
mᵉchâʼ · mekh-aw'
Definitionto strike in pieces; also to arrest; specifically to impale
Derivation(Aramaic) corresponding to H4222 (מָחָא);
KJV usagehang, smite, stay.
Occurrences4 in the KJV · 4 verses
מְחָא in Scripture
Ezra 6:11
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Daniel 2:34
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Daniel 4:35
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?