# מַכְתֵּשׁ (makhtesh)

Israeli respelling: makh-tesh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4388. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)

King James renderings: hollow place, mortar.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/makhtesh-h4388

## Occurrences

- [Judges 15:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/15/19) — But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revi…
- [Proverbs 27:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.