Strong’s H4290 · Hebrew
מַחְתֶּרֶת
machtereth · makh-teh'-reth
Origin from חָתַר (H2864);
Meaning a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination
In the King James Version breaking up, secret search.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 22:2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
- Jeremiah 2:34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.