Lexical Definition

‎מַכְתֵּשׁ‎ maktêsh (mak-taysh') hollow ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּתַשׁ‎

hollow place, mortar.

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

1) mortar

See Greek: κατακόπτω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַכְתֵּשׁ‎ noun masculine mortar (place of pounding, braying; compare Palmyrene proper name, masculine ‎מכתש‎ = contundens Vog^{No. 97}) — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 27:22 (see foregoing); hollow resembling a mortar Judg 15:19 (whence came forth a water-spring; compare GFM), Zeph 1:11 = a part of Jerusalem, compare Schw^{ZAW x. (1890), 173 f}.

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