Strong's Hebrew · H4388
מַכְתֵּשׁ
maktêsh · mak-taysh'
Definitiona mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
Derivationfrom H3806 (כָּתַשׁ);
KJV usagehollow place, mortar.
Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses
מַכְתֵּשׁ in Scripture
Judges 15:19
But God cleaved a hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water therefrom; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En -hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Proverbs 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.