H4388
Hebrew
מַכְתֵּשׁ
maktêsh (mak-taysh')
a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)
KJV Translations of H4388
hollow place, mortar.
Word Origin & Derivation
from H3806 (כָּתַשׁ);
H4388 in the King James Bible
2 verses
Judges 15:19
הַמַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ
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 revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Proverbs 27:22
בַּ֥מַּכְתֵּ֡שׁ
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.