מַכְתֵּשׁ maktêsh

Meaning

a mortar; by analogy, a socket (of a tooth)

In the King James Version: hollow place, mortar.

Derivation: from H3806 (כָּתַשׁ);

Where it is used

• Judges 15:19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
• Proverbs 27:22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.