מָסַס (māsas) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning dissolve. It appears
21 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4549).
Also rendered
to melt
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1223)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1223)dissolve, melt; like the melting; faint, grow fearful, wasted, consumptive; cause to melt; liquefy, waste; discourage, be loosed, refuse
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָסַסverb: dissolve, melt
Qalinfinitive construct like the melting
Niphal
1.melt (intransitive)
2.most often figuratively of heart = faint, grow fearful
3.participle = wasted, consumptive (?)
Hiphilperfect cause to melt (= intimidate)
Strong's H4549מָסַס: to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) KJV:discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, × utterly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.