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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4133 - מוֹטָה

Transliteration

môwṭâh

Phonetics

mo-taw'

Origin

from (H4132)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1158b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

pole, bar of yoke
1. pole
2. bar of yoke
  1. of oppression (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1199 ‑ δεσμός (des‑mon', des‑mos'); 4886 ‑ σύνδεσμος (soon'‑des‑mos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (11)

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 2

BSB (12)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 2

CSB (11)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 2

ESV (12)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 2

KJV (12)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 2

LEB (11)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 1

LSB (15)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 7

Ezekiel 3

N95 (13)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 3

NAS (12)

Leviticus 1

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

1 Chronicles 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 5

Ezekiel 2

ASV (11)

and bars 1

every yoke 1

in their stead bars 1

of the yoke 1

of thee the yoke 1

the bar 2

the bars 2

there the yokes 1

with the staves 1

BSB (12)

a yoke 3

of the yoke 1

the bars 2

the yoke 4

with the poles 1

yoke 1

CSB (11)

bar 4

bars 1

of the yoke 1

the bars 2

the poles 1

the yoke 2

ESV (12)

bars 5

poles 1

yoke 3

yoke-bars 3

KJV (12)

bands 2

heavy 1

staves 1

yoke 4

yokes 4

LEB (11)

and yokes 1

the bars of 1

the yoke 3

the yoke of 1

them yoke bars of 1

with the carrying poles 1

yoke bars of 1

yoke to pieces 1

you the yoke 1

LSB (15)

bar 1

bars 4

poles 1

yoke 9

N95 (13)

bars 3

poles 1

yoke 6

yokes 3

NAS (12)

bars 2

poles 1

yoke 6

yokes 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (11)

and bars 1

every yoke 1

in their place bars 1

of the yoke 1

of you the yoke 1

the bar 2

the bars 2

there the yokes 1

with the poles 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1285) u m (מתה MTh) AC: Shake CO: Branch AB: ?: The pictograph m is a picture of water, the u is a picture of a basket which contains objects. Combined these mean "liquid contained". A green branch still contains water allowing the branch to be flexible. A green branch can then be bent to the desired shape and left to dry.

H) e u m (מתהה MThH) AC: ? CO: Branch AB: ?

N^m ) e u m (מתהה MThH) - I. Staff:A branch used as a staff. II. Tribe:A branch of the family. KJV (251): tribe, rod, staff, stave - Strongs: H4294 (מַטָּה)

J) u f m (מותה MWTh) AC: Shake CO: Branch AB: ?: The yoke is a branch or pole cut green then shaped to the desired shape and left to dry.

V) u f m (מותה MWTh) - Shake: To shake or waver as a green branch. KJV (39): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael) move, remove, slip, carry, cast, course, decay, fall, shake, slide - Strongs: H4131 (מוֹט)

N^m) u f m (מותה MWTh) - I. Branch:The bent bar of the yoke that goes around the neck, also a branch that is used as pole. II. Wavering:A slipping or wavering of the foot. KJV (6): bar, moved, staff, yoke - Strongs: H4132 (מוֹט)

N^f1) e u f m (מותהה MWThH) - Yoke: The bent bar of the yoke that goes around the neck, also a branch that is used as pole. KJV (12): bar, moved, staff, yoke - Strongs: H4133 (מוֹטָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2665 D m y (Join, Yoke)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מוֺטָה noun feminine pole, bar of yoke, mostly late (compare מוֺט); — ׳מ Jeremiah 28:10 4t.; plural מֹטוֺת etc., absolute Jeremiah 27:2; 1 Chronicles 15:15; construct Ezekiel 30:18 4t.; —

1 pole, plural, staves, for bearing ark 1 Chronicles 15:15.

2 bar of yoke, symbolic, of oppression Jeremiah 27:2 ("" מוֺמֵרוֺת, compare עֹל Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 27:11; Jeremiah 27:12), Jeremiah 28:10,12 (compare עֹל Jeremiah 28:11); עֵץ׳מ Jeremiah 28:13; בַּרְזֶל׳מ Jeremiah 28:13 (compare עֹל Jeremiah 28:14); figurative of oppression, Isaiah 58:6,9; Ezekiel 30:18; compare (thongs of yoke) ׳אֲגֻדּוֺת מ Isaiah 58:6; מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם Leviticus 26:18 compare Ezekiel 34:27. — On form of yoke see Schumacher^{ZPV xii. 1889,160,} Benz^{Archaeology 207}.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מוֹטָה f.

(1) i.q. מוֹט No. 2, a bar, staff, 1 Chronicles 15:15. מֹטוֹת הָעֹל bars of a yoke, Leviticus 26:13; Ezekiel 34:27, a bent piece of wood put round the neck of a bull, with the two ends fastened to a wooden yoke.

(2) a yoke itself, Jeremiah 27:2, 28:10, 12 Jeremiah 28:12; Ezekiel 30:18. Metaph. Isaiah 58:6, Isaiah 58:9.

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List of Word Forms

בַּמֹּט֖וֹת במטות הַמּוֹטָ֔ה המוטה וּמֹט֑וֹת ומטות מֹט֣וֹת מֹט֥וֹת מֹטֹ֣ת מוֹטָ֑ה מוֹטָ֔ה מוֹטָ֖ה מוֹטֹ֥ת מוטה מוטת מטות מטת bam·mō·ṭō·wṯ bammoTot bammōṭōwṯ ham·mō·w·ṭāh hammoTah hammōwṭāh mō·ṭō·wṯ mō·ṭōṯ mō·w·ṭāh mō·w·ṭōṯ moTah moTot mōṭōṯ mōṭōwṯ mōwṭāh mōwṭōṯ ū·mō·ṭō·wṯ umoTot ūmōṭōwṯ