Hebrew word study
מַצָּה H4682
- Transliteration
- matstsâh
- Pronunciation
- mats-tsaw'
- KJV glosses
- unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.
Lexical summary
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)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information