- Original: מסּה - Transliteration: Maccah - Phonetic: mas-saw' - Definition: 1. despair, test a. despair b. testing, proving, trial - Origin: from H5254 - TWOT entry: 1223b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From H5254 ; a testing of men (judicial) or of God (querulous): - temptation trial. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • temptation, 1 Psalm 95:8 • temptations, 3 Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 29:3 • trial, 1 Job 9:23