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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4962 - מֹת

Transliteration

math

Phonetics

math

Origin

from the same as (H4970)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1263

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

male, man
1. males, men
2. few men (in prose)
  1. less emphasis on sex
3. men (poetic)
  1. less emphasis on sex

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2192 ‑ ἔχω (ekh'‑o); 4859 ‑ σύμφωνος (soom'‑fo‑nos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (20)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 6

Job 6

Psalms 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

BSB (20)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

CSB (15)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Psalms 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

ESV (22)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

KJV (22)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

LEB (20)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 4

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Psalms 4

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

LSB (25)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 2

Job 6

Psalms 5

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

N95 (19)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

NAS (23)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 6

1 Chronicles 1

Job 6

Psalms 5

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (20)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 6

Job 6

Psalms 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

ASV (20)

and ye men 1

and, i being few 1

every inhabited 2

few 2

friends 1

from men 2

if the men 1

in 1

in number 1

men 5

nor let his men 1

thy men 1

when they were but a few men 1

BSB (20)

and only a few of you 1

are few 1

few 3

from men 1

from such men 1

his men 1

in number 1

men 3

my best friends 1

o few men 1

of men 1

put others 1

the men 2

the people 1

your men 1

CSB (15)

few 3

his people 1

men 4

people 2

put others 1

the members 1

the men 1

the people 1

which people 1

ESV (22)

dying 1

few 5

friends 1

men 13

number 2

KJV (22)

few 3

friends 1

men 14

number 1

persons 1

small 1

with 1

LEB (20)

⌊few in 2

⌊few in number⌋ 1

⌊my intimate friends⌋ 1

⌊only a few people⌋ 1

⌊those who are 1

few in number 1

i am few in number 1

males 2

men 2

people 2

people of 1

people to silence 1

the people of 2

will be men of 1

your men 1

LSB (25)

counsel 1

few 5

men 17

number 2

N95 (19)

associates 1

few 4

men 12

number 2

NAS (23)

associates 1

few 5

men 4

number 2

people 11

NLT (0)

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

WEB (20)

and you men 1

every inhabited 2

few 2

friends 1

from men 2

i am few 1

if the men 1

in 1

in number 1

men 5

nor let his men 1

when they were but a few men 1

your men 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1298) t m (מת MT) AC: Die CO: Man AB: Mortality: The pictograph m is a picture of water representing chaos, the t is a picture of two crossed sticks representing a mark or sign. Combined these mean "chaos mark". The length of time that something exists and ends. (eng: mute; moot - as a dead point; mortal - with an additional r and l; mate - of "check mate" meaning "king is dead")

A) t m (מת MT) AC: ? CO: Man AB: Mortality: A length of time that comes to an end.

N^m) t m (מת MT) - Man: As mortal. KJV (22): man, few, friend, number, person, small - Strongs: H4962 (מֹת)

f^m) i t m (מתי MTY) - When: An unknown duration of time. KJV (3): when, long - Strongs: H4970 (מָתַי)

J) t f m (מות MWT) AC: Die CO: ? AB: Death: The end of time for what has died.

V) t f m (מות MWT) - Die: KJV (835): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) die, dead, slay, death - Strongs: H4191 (מוּת)

N^m) t f m (מות MWT) - Death: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (163): death, die, dead, deadly, slay - Strongs: H4192 (מוּת), H4193 (מוֹת), H4194 (מָוֶת)

a^m) t f m m (ממות MMWT) - Death: KJV (2): death - Strongs: H4463 (מָמוֹת)

i^f1) e t f m t (תמותה TMWTH) - Death: KJV (2): death, die - Strongs: H8546 (תְּמוּתָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2669 T m y (Terminate, Permanent)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic

id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in Ba^{NB § 2 b}, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 3t., מְתִם Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 + Judges 20:48 (probably), for ᵑ0מְתֹם, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Genesis 34:30 13t.; suffix 2 feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isaiah 3:25; 3 masculine singular מְתָיו Deuteronomy 33:6; —

1 males, men, Isaiah 3:25 ("" גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, וְהַטָּף(וְ)הַנָּשִׁים מְתִםעִיר Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Judges 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).

2 usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:

a.מְתֵי מִסְמָּר men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Genesis 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28, also Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; compare וִיהִי מְתָיו מִסְמָּר Deuteronomy 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.

b.בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62

3 elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:

a. Job 11:3; Job 24:12; Psalm 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ממתים ידך Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); מְתֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 41:14.

b. poetic phrase: מְתֵי שָׁוְא men of false-hood Job 11:11; Psalm 26:4; אָוֶן׳מ Psalm 22:15 men of wickedness; סוֺדִי׳מ Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; אָהֳלִי׳מ Job 31:31 men of my tent (household); רָעָב׳מ Isaiah 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably ׳מְזֵי ר sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deuteronomy 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה).

List of Word Forms

בִּמְתֵ֣י במתי מְתִ֔ם מְתִ֣ים מְתִ֨ים ׀ מְתֵ֖י מְתֵ֣י מְתֵי־ מְתַ֖יִךְ מְתָ֖יו מִֽמְתִ֥ים מִֽמְתִ֬ים ממתים מתי מתי־ מתיו מתיך מתים מתם bim·ṯê bimṯê bimTei mə·ṯa·yiḵ mə·ṯāw mə·ṯê mə·ṯê- mə·ṯim mə·ṯîm meTav məṯāw meTayich məṯayiḵ məṯê məṯê- meTei meTim məṯim məṯîm mim·ṯîm mimṯîm miTim