Strong's Hebrew · H4102
H4102 mâhahh
מָהַהּ
maw-hah'
delay, linger, stay selves, tarry.
Looking for Greek G4102 pístis? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4102. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
When mâhahh is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.
Definition
properly, to question or hesitate, i.e. (by implication) to be reluctant
Derivation
apparently a denominative from H4100 (מָה);
Appears 9 times in Scripture
“If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.””
“But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.”
“For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.”
“See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.””
“Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.”
“Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.”
“On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.”
“Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.”
“I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.”
When mâhahh is spoken over you
Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what mâhahh means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.
Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Genesis 43:10 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.
Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).