Strong's H4464 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: מַמְזֵר (mamzêr)

Pronunciation: mam-zare'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to alienate;

Definition: a mongrel, i.e. born of aJewish father and aheathen mother

KJV Renderings: bastard.

Senses

1. bastard, child of incest, illegitimate child
1. bastard
2. mixed population (fig.)
3. born of a Jewish father and a heathen mother or visa versa

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.