מָחוֹז m. (b. h.; חוז, חזז,cmp. τέμενος , templum; Assyr. maḥâza town, Del. Hebr. Langu. p. 62) harbor, marketplace (cmp. Ber. 57ᵃ identifying כְּרַךְ with מחוז, Ps. CVII, 30), esp. Maḥoz, prob. a coast district. Arakh. III, 2; Tosef. ib. II, 8 מָחוֹזָא; v. חוֹלַת.