מָשַׁךְ

Strong’s Definition

to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to draw, drag, seize
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be drawn out
• 4.(pual)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâshak; Pronunciation: maw-shak'