Lexicon
מוּשׁ
mush
H4185
H:V Hebrew

to remove

21
Occurrences
12
Books
Hebrew
Language

mush denotes departing or moving away, and in causative forms taking something away.

The dominant use describes departure or movement away from a place, person, or stated position, including things that are said not to depart. In Hiphil forms, the verb also describes causing something to be taken away, such as a people’s portion or the iniquity of a land.

Senses in use

  1. depart or move away · dominant

    Qal forms describe movement or non-movement away from a location or presence: in Exodus 13:22 the APB renders the pillars as not departing before the people, while in Numbers 14:44 the ark and Moses do not remove from the camp. The same use covers a requested stay in Judges 6:18 and the mountain’s movement in Zechariah 14:4.

  2. take away or remove · common

    Hiphil forms portray removal effected upon something: in Micah 2:3 the APB renders the clan as unable to remove their necks, and in Micah 2:4 it renders a portion as removed from the speaker. In Zechariah 3:9, the first-person sequential perfect occurs in the declaration that iniquity will be removed from the land.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “depart,” “remove,” and “move,” and in Jeremiah 17:8 it uses “cease” in the fruit-bearing clause. These renderings indicate the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for the lemma.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture