H4682Hebrewmaṣṣôṯ
מַצָּה
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
53
Total Occurrences
13
Books
53
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Strong’s Definition
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
Etymology & Derivation
from H4711 (מָצַץ) in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness;
KJV Usage
unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: matstsâh; Pronunciation: mats-tsaw'