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Strong's #4975 - מָתְנַיִם

Transliteration

môthen

Phonetics

mo'-then

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be slender

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1267a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

loins, hips
1. used with Strong's #2223 in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (46)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

BSB (40)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

CSB (31)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

ESV (47)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

KJV (47)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

LEB (46)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 11

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

LSB (46)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

N95 (44)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

NAS (43)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

NLT (0)

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

WEB (46)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Deuteronomy 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 5

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 6

Ezekiel 12

Daniel 1

Amos 1

Nahum 2

ASV (46)

about his loins 1

and from his loins 1

and madest all their loins 1

and make their loins 1

and upon the loins 1

by his side 4

from off thy loins 1

from the loins 1

her loins 1

his loins 1

is in all loins 1

it upon my loins 1

it upon thy loins 1

it: with your loins 1

loins 2

make thy loins 1

of his loins 3

of his waist 1

of thy loins 1

on our loins 1

on their loins 1

that was about his loins 1

the greyhound 1

the loins 1

their loins 1

therefore are my loins 1

through the loins 1

thy loins 3

to the loins 1

upon all loins 1

upon his loins 2

upon our loins 1

upon their loins 2

waters that were to the loins 1

which is upon thy loins 1

whose loins 1

BSB (40)

and from his waist 1

and their backs 2

around his hips 1

around his waist 4

around our waists 1

around their waists 2

at his side 3

bodies 1

every waist 1

from his waist 1

from waist 1

heart 1

his side 1

his waist 1

into his belt 1

my body 1

my waist 1

of his loins 1

on our backs 1

on their waists 1

the loins 1

their waists 1

to be his waist 2

under your belt 1

waist 3

waist-deep 1

you must be fully dressed for travel 1

your garment 1

your waist 2

CSB (31)

around his loins 1

around their waists 1

heart 1

his loins 1

i 1

loins 3

our backs 1

side 3

the loins 1

the waist 2

their loins 1

waist 11

waists 4

ESV (47)

backs 1

belt 1

belts 1

garment 2

garments 1

heart 1

herself 1

hips 2

loins 9

rooster 1

side 1

thigh 1

thighs 2

waist 17

waist-deep 1

waists 4

yourself 1

KJV (47)

* 1

loins 42

side 4

LEB (46)

a strutting 1

and his waist 1

around his waist 1

around their waists 1

at his side⌋ 1

at their waist 1

her waist 1

hips⌋ 1

his loins 3

his side 1

his waist 3

is in its loins 1

loins 3

my loins 2

on his loins 1

on our backs 1

on their loins 1

our waists 1

the loins 1

the loins of 4

their loins 1

their loins continually 1

their loins to wobble 1

their waists 1

to his waist 1

was at his side 1

was on his waist 1

with your waists 1

your loins 7

LSB (46)

heart 1

herself 1

hips 1

loins 40

side 1

waist 2

N95 (44)

back 1

body 1

heart 1

herself 1

hips 1

loins 30

rooster 1

side 1

waist 7

NAS (43)

body 1

heart 1

hips 5

loins 1

us 1

waist 29

waists 5

NLT (0)

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

WEB (46)

all of their thighs 1

and from his waist 1

and on the waist 1

around his waist 1

at his side 1

bodies 1

by his side 3

from off your waist 1

from the waist 1

her waist 1

his cloak into his belt 1

it on my waist 1

it on your waist 1

let their backs 1

of his waist 4

of their armor 1

of your thighs 1

on all your bodies 1

on his waist 2

on our backs 1

on our bodies 1

on their bodies 1

on their waists 2

on your waist 2

that was about his waist 1

the greyhound 1

their waist 1

therefore my thighs 1

through the hips 1

to the waist 1

tuck your cloak 1

waist 2

waters that were to the waist 1

which is on your waist 1

whose thighs 1

your belt on your waist 1

your waist 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2363) n t m (מתנ MTN) AC: ? CO: Side AB: ?: The slender part of the body above the hips.

N^m) n t m (מתנ MTN) - I. Side:The slender part of the body above the hips. II. Maten:An unknown animal, probably from its slender side. KJV (47): loins, side, greyhound - Strongs: H4975 (מָתְנַיִם)

nt^m) n t m i a (אימתנ AYMTN) - Terrible: [Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (1): terrible - Strongs: H574 (אֵמְתָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מָתְנַ֫יִם noun masculine dual loins (Arabic

back,

the two sides of the back, etc.; Syriac

; — absolute ׳מ Deuteronomy 33:11 7t., מָתְנָ֑יִם Ezekiel 29:7; Ezekiel 47:4; construct מָתְנֵי Jeremiah 13:11 + 3t.; suffix מָתְנַי Isaiah 21:3, מָתְנָ֑י Jeremiah 13:2; מָתְנֵיהֶם 1Kings + Jeremiah 20:32 4t., etc.; — loins:

1. a. place of wearing girdle 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 1:8; Jeremiah 13:1,2,4,11; Ezekiel 23:15; figurative Isaiah 11:5 righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins.

b. hence place of things attached to girdle: — sword girded on (חגר על, אסר 2 Samuel 20:8; Nehemiah 4:12; opposed to, וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ Isaiah 45:1 and the loins of kings I will loosen, i e. will disarm them (׳י before Cyrus; compare Che); ink-horn Ezekiel 9:2,3,11.

c. girding up loins = make ready for action, וַיְשַׁנֵּסמָתְנָיו 1 Kings 18:46; more often ׳חָגַר מ 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1; Exodus 12:11 (P), Daniel 10:5; ׳אָזַר מ Jeremiah 1:17.

d.׳זַרְזִיר מ Proverbs 30:31 that which is girt in the loins, i.e. probably either a greyhound Ew Bö De (contracted, as if by a belt), or a war-horse, charger, Bo Ges Hi Str Wild (with a saddle); compare also זרזיר, p. 267 above; text perhaps corrupt (Wild).

e. girded with sackcloth (in mourning) Genesis 37:34 (J), Amos 8:10; Isaiah 20:2; 1 Kings 20:31,32; Jeremiah 48:37.

f. linen breeches of priests were to extendמִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַד יְרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42 (P); to be ׳עַלמָֿת Ezekiel 44:18; loins of slaves are girt with waistcloth, compare Job 12:18 (see also אֵזוֺר).

g. in General of the middle of the body, ׳מֵי מָת Ezekiel 47:4 (i.e. water reaching to the loins); so of the appearance of ׳י in Ezekiel's visions Ezekiel 1:27 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 8:2 (twice in verse).

2. a. loins as seat of strength, Deuteronomy 33:11; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; חַזֵּק מָתְנַיִם Nahum 2:2 ("" אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ); כֹּחוֺ בְּמָתְנָיו Job 40:16 (of hippopotamus); in combination with 1 a (figurative) חָֽגְרָה׳בְּעוֺז מ Proverbs 31:17 she girdeth her loins with strength, she puts on energy with her girdle; compare also ׳בְּשִׁבְרוֺן מ Ezekiel 21:11 sigh with breaking of loins, i.e. in entire collapse of strength; so תָּמִיד׳הַמְעַ֑ד וּמ Psalm 69:24 and make their loins continually to shake, make them totter; compare Ezekiel 29:7 (where read וְהִמְעַדְתָּ for וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ, see מָעַד).

b. as seat of keenest pain, due to grief or dread Nahum 2:11; Isaiah 21:3 (as in travail); so probably also Psalm 66:11 (compare Bae; and see מוּעָקָה below עוק).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָתְנַיִם dual. the loins, the lower part of the back (so called from the idea of strength; see the root מָתַן ), Greek ὀσφύς, which was bound round with the girdle, 2 Kings 4:29, 9:1 Isaiah 20:2; Jeremiah 1:17; Genesis 37:34, on which burdens were sustained, Psalms 66:11 the seat of pain in parturient women, Isaiah 21:3; Nahum 2:11 also the seat of strength (see the orig.; comp. Latin elumbis, delumbare for debilitate); hence מָחַץ מָתְנֵי פ׳ “to crush any one’s loins,” i.e. to crush him wholly, Deuteronomy 33:11 compare Ezekiel 21:11 tottering loins, used of a man nearly falling, Psalms 69:24. Wherein it differs from the word יָרֵךְ thigh, see under that word.

(Arab. مَتْنَانِ and Syr. ܡܰܬܢܳܬܳܐ id. more rarely there is also used the sing. مَتْنُ one side of the loins or lower back, protuberant with flesh and nerves).

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List of Word Forms

בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֗ם בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃ בְּמָתְנָ֑יו בְּמָתְנָ֔יו בְּמָתְנָֽיו׃ בְמָתְנֵֽינוּ׃ בְמָתְנָ֑יו במתניהם במתניהם׃ במתניו במתניו׃ במתנינו במתנינו׃ וּ֝מָתְנֵ֗יהֶם וּמִמָּתְנָ֣יו וּמָתְנֵ֥י וּמָתְנָ֥יו וממתניו ומתני ומתניהם ומתניו מִמָּתְנֵ֥י מִמָּתְנַ֥יִם מָתְנֵי־ מָתְנֵיהֶ֑ם מָתְנֵיכֶ֣ם מָתְנֶ֑יהָ מָתְנֶ֑יךָ מָתְנֶ֔יךָ מָתְנֶ֗יךָ מָתְנַ֔יִם מָתְנַ֖יִם מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ מָתְנַ֣יִם מָתְנַ֧יִם מָתְנַי֙ מָתְנָ֑יו מָתְנָ֖יו מָתְנָ֛יו מָתְנָֽיִם׃ מָתְנָֽי׃ מָתְנָיו֙ ממתני ממתנים מתני מתני־ מתני׃ מתניה מתניהם מתניו מתניך מתניכם מתנים מתנים׃ bə·mā·ṯə·nāw ḇə·mā·ṯə·nāw bə·mā·ṯə·nê·hem bə·mā·ṯə·nê·nū ḇə·mā·ṯə·nê·nū bemateNav bəmāṯənāw ḇəmāṯənāw bəmāṯənêhem bemateneiHem bemateNeinu bəmāṯənênū ḇəmāṯənênū mā·ṯə·na·yim mā·ṯə·nā·yim mā·ṯə·nāw mā·ṯə·nay mā·ṯə·nāy mā·ṯə·nê- mā·ṯə·ne·hā mā·ṯə·nê·hem mā·ṯə·ne·ḵā mā·ṯə·nê·ḵem mateNai mateNav māṯənāw māṯənay māṯənāy mateNayim māṯənayim māṯənāyim māṯənê- māṯənehā māṯənêhem matenei mateNeicha mateneiChem mateNeiha mateneiHem māṯəneḵā māṯənêḵem mim·mā·ṯə·na·yim mim·mā·ṯə·nê mimateNayim mimateNei mimmāṯənayim mimmāṯənê ū·mā·ṯə·nāw ū·mā·ṯə·nê ū·mā·ṯə·nê·hem ū·mim·mā·ṯə·nāw umateNav ūmāṯənāw ūmāṯənê ūmāṯənêhem umateNei umateNeihem umimateNav ūmimmāṯənāw vemateNav vemateNeinu