Lexical Summary massach: perhaps repulse, defense Original Word: מַסָּחTransliteration: massach Phonetic Spelling: (mas-sawkh') Part of Speech: Adverb Short Definition: perhaps repulse, defense Meaning: a cordon, military barrier Strong's Concordance broken down From nacach in the sense of staving off; a cordon, (adverbially) or (as a) military barrier -- broken down. see HEBREW nacach Brown-Driver-Briggs H4535. massach מַסָּח dubious word, only in מַסָּ֑ח הַבַּיִת אֶתמִֿשְׁמֶרֶת וּשְׂמַרְתֶּם 2 Kings 11:6; Thes and others below v נסח = for plucking away i.e. repulse, defence, but very uncertain; probably textual error; omitted by ᵐ5B We Stap. 354; ᵐ5L Μεσσαε. [מִסְחָר] see סחר |