Lexicon :: Strong's H4795 - mᵊrûqîm

מְרוּקִים
Transliteration
mᵊrûqîm
Pronunciation
maw-rook'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָרַק (H4838)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1246a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מרוקים (Gesenius) מרוק (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מָרוּק mârûwq, maw-rook'; from H4838; properly, rubbed; but used abstractly, a rubbing (with perfumery):—purification.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H4795 in the following manner: purification (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H4795 in the following manner: purification (1x).

  1. scraping, rubbing

    1. of year of preparation of girls for the harem; bodily rubbings

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָרוּק mârûwq, maw-rook'; from H4838; properly, rubbed; but used abstractly, a rubbing (with perfumery):—purification.
STRONGS H4795: Abbreviations
† [מָרוּק] (Köii. 138) noun [masculine] a scraping, rubbing; — only plural suffix יְמֵי מְרוּקֵיהֶן Esther 2:12 literally the days of their (bodily) rubbings, i.e. the year's preparation of girls for the harem.
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Esther

2:12