Strong's Lexicon

H4194

H4194 — מָוֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmavethnoun mascOccurrences: 156TWOT: 1169a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4194
Word:מָוֶת
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H4191
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:156
Transliteration:maveth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:maw'-veth
Meaning:1. death (natural or violent) 2. (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades) 3. (figuratively) pestilence, ruin
KJV Renderings:(be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).

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מָ֫וֶת161 noun masculine Exod 10:17 death; — absolute ׳ מ Deut 19:6 +; מָֽ֫וְתָה Ps 116:15 construct מוֺת Gen 25:11 +; suffix מוֺתִו Gen 27:2 +; plural construct מוֺהֵי Ezek 28:10 suffix בְּמֹתָיו Isa 53:9 —

1. death, opposite life, Deut 30:15; Deut 30:19; 2Sam 15:21 כל האדם ׳ מ the death of all men (that all go to) Num 16:29 ( J ), as distinguished from violent death; ׳ יוֺם מ day of death Gen 27:2 ( J ) Judg 13:7 ; 1Sam 15:35 +; ׳ שְׁנַת מ Isa 6:1; Isa 14:28 ׳ עד מ Num 35:25; Num 35:28; Num 35:32; Josh 20:6 ( P ), 1Kgs 11:40 ׳ לפני מ Gen 27:7; Gen 27:10; Gen 50:16 ( J E ); ׳ אחרי מ Gen 26:18 ( J ), Gen 25:11; Lev 16:1; Num 35:28 ( P ), Deut 31:27; Deut 31:29 ( D ) +; ׳ בכור מ Job 18:13 firstborn of death (deadly disease); of flies Eccl 10:1, unclean animals Lev 11:31; Lev 11:32 ( P ).
2. death by violence as a penalty: ׳ מִשְׁפַּט מ + לְ or בְּ person: a case of death to , or in a man, guilty of capital crime Deut 19:6; Deut 21:22; Jer 26:11; Jer 26:16 ׳ חֵטְא מ Deut 22:26 ׳ מ (י)בנ 1Sam 20:31; 1Sam 26:16; 2Sam 12:5 ׳ אישׁ מ 2Sam 19:29 ׳ אנשׁי מ 1Kgs 2:26 ׳ מַלְאֲכֵי מ Prov 16:14 messengers of death; במותָיו Isa 53:9 in his (martyr-) death (see BrMP 359).
3. state of death or place of death (|| שׁאול) Isa 28:15; Isa 28:18; Isa 38:18; Hos 13:14; Hab 2:5; Ps 6:6; Ps 49:15; Song 8:6; Prov 5:5; Prov 7:27 (|| אבדון) Job 28:22 ׳ שׁערי מ gates of death Ps 9:14; Ps 107:18 ; Job 38:17.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מות (mah’-veth)

Exodus 10:17

KJV: Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
EHCC: take away from me this death

Leviticus 11:31

KJV: These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
EHCC: when they be dead, shall be unclean

Numbers 6:7

KJV: He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.consecration: Heb. separation
EHCC: or for his sister, when they die:

Numbers 16:29

KJV: If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.the common…: Heb. as every man dieth
EHCC: If these men die fhe common ah ¢ 2

Numbers 23:10

KJV: Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!me: Heb. my soul, or, my life
EHCC: Let me die tke death of the rightews, |

Numbers 26:10

KJV: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
EHCC: when that company died,

Numbers 21:29

KJV: Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
EHCC: man have committed asin worthy of dedi,

Numbers 22:26

KJV: And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
EHCC: in the damsel no sin ( worthy) of %

Numbers 30:15

KJV: But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
EHCC: life and good, and death and evil;

Numbers 19:1

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
EHCC: have set before you life and death,

Numbers 31:27

KJV: And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
EHCC: how much more after my death?

Numbers 29:1

KJV: And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
EHCC: know that after my death

Numbers 83:1

EHCC: the children of Israel before his ו

Numbers 34:7

KJV: And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
EHCC: And Moses,..when he died:

Numbers 2:13

KJV: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
EHCC: deliver our lives from deuth.

Numbers 20:6

KJV: And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.
EHCC: until the death of the high priest

Numbers 13:7

KJV: Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
EHCC: from the womb to the day of his death

Numbers 2:11

KJV: And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
EHCC: -since the death of thine husbend:

Numbers 15:52

EHCC: Surely the bitterness of death is pes

Numbers 96:16

EHCC: worthy to die, (marg. the soas of dest)

Numbers 38:38

EHCC: Died Abner as a fool dicth? whe

Numbers 15:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
EHCC: whether in death or life,

Numbers 19:28

EHCC: (29).all (of) my father's hoase were bt

Numbers 280:22

EHCC: 5. When the waves of death compassed me,

Numbers 11:40

EHCC: until the death of .ם

Numbers 2:21

KJV: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
EHCC: any more death or barren (land).

Numbers 3:5

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
EHCC: aden Ahab was dead,

Numbers 4:40

KJV: Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
EHCC: (there is) death in the pot.

Numbers 14:17

KJV: And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
EHCC: after the death pfialere

Numbers 15:3

KJV: And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock:performing: Heb. separating
EHCC: a leper unto the day of his death,

1 Chronicles 2:24

KJV: And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
EHCC: after that Hezron was dead

2 Chronicles 22:4

KJV: Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
EHCC: afler the death of his father

2 Chronicles 34:18

KJV: Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.it: Heb. in it
EHCC: hundred and thirty yearsold..1ehen Ae died

2 Chronicles 17:486

EHCC: + the death of Jehoisda

2 Chronicles 25:25

KJV: And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
EHCC: after the death of Joash

2 Chronicles 26:21

KJV: And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.several: Heb. free
EHCC: 8 leper unto the any of his death,

2 Chronicles 32:33

KJV: And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.chiefest: or, highest
EHCC: did him honour at his death,

Job 3:21

KJV: Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;long: Heb. wait
EHCC: Which lo: death,

Job 5:20

KJV: In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.power: Heb. hands
EHCC: he shall reicem thee from death:

Job 7:15

KJV: So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.life: Heb. bones
EHCC: death rather than my life.

Job 18:13

KJV: It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.strength: Heb. bars
EHCC: the firstborn of death

Job 27:15

KJV: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
EHCC: that remain...shall be buried א4 death :

Job 28:22

KJV: Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
EHCC: Destruction and deuth say,

Job 30:23

KJV: For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
EHCC: thou wilt bring me (to) death,

Job 88:17

EHCC: Have the grea of death been opened

Psalms 6:5

KJV: For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
EHCC: (6). in death (there is) no remembrance of

Psalms 7:13

KJV: He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
EHCC: 14). the instruments of death ;

Psalms 9:15

KJV: The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
EHCC: ¢ 14), liftest me up from the of death :

Psalms 13:3

KJV: Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
EHCC: (4). lest I sleep the (aeap of} death ;

Psalms 18:4

KJV: The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.ungodly men: Heb. Belial
EHCC: (5). The sorrows of death compassed me,

Psalms 22:15

KJV: My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
EHCC: ( 16). brought me into the dust of death.

Psalms 33:19

KJV: To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
EHCC: To deliver their soul from death,

Psalms 49:14

KJV: Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.beauty: or, strengthin the grave from…: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them
EHCC: (15). death shall feed on them ;

Psalms 55:4

KJV: My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
EHCC: (5). the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

Psalms 56:13

KJV: For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
EHCC: (14). hast delivered my soul from death:

Psalms 68:20

KJV: He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
EHCC: ( 91 ). the issues from .

Psalms 73:4

KJV: For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.firm: Heb. fat
EHCC: - (there are) סת bands in their death:

Psalms 78:50

KJV: He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;He made…: Heb. He weighed a pathlife…: or, beasts to the murrain
EHCC: spared not their soul (= death,

Psalms 89:48

KJV: What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
EHCC: (49). What man...: not see death?

Psalms 107:18

KJV: Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
EHCC: they draw near unto the gates of death.

Psalms 16:3

KJV: But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
EHCC: The sorrows of death compassed me,

Psalms 118:18

KJV: The Lord hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
EHCC: bué he hath not given me over 0)מא death.

Proverbs 2:18

KJV: For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
EHCC: her house inclineth unto death,

Proverbs 5:5

KJV: Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
EHCC: Her feet go down to death ;

Proverbs 7:27

KJV: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
EHCC: the chambers of death,

Proverbs 8:36

KJV: But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
EHCC: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 10:2

KJV: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
EHCC: &1|:4. righteousness delivereth fromdeath

Proverbs 11:7

KJV: When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
EHCC: When a wicked man dieth,

Proverbs 12:28

KJV: In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
EHCC: the pathway (thereof there is) no death,

Proverbs 13:14

KJV: The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
EHCC: to depart from the mares of -

Proverbs 14:12

KJV: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
EHCC: the end thereof (are) the ways of death.

Proverbs 46:14

EHCC: (as) messengers of death:

Proverbs 18:21

KJV: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
EHCC: Death and life (sre) in the power of the

Proverbs 21:6

KJV: The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
EHCC: tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 26:18

KJV: As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,firebrands: Heb. flames, or, sparks
EHCC: firebrands, arrows, and death,

Ecclesiastes 3:19

KJV: For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
EHCC: as the one dieth, so dieth the other ;

Ecclesiastes 8:8

KJV: There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.discharge: or, casting off weapons
EHCC: power in the day of death:

Ecclesiastes 10:1

KJV: Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.Dead…: Heb. Flies of death
EHCC: Dead flies (marg. Flies of death) cause

Song of Songs 8:6

KJV: Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.cruel: Heb. hard
EHCC: love (is) strong as death;

Song of Songs 14:28

EHCC: In the year that king Ahaz died

Song of Songs 25:8

EHCC: He will swallow up death

Song of Songs 28:13

EHCC: We have made ם covenant with deuth,

Song of Songs 38:18

EHCC: death can (not) celebrate thee:

Song of Songs 53:9

EHCC: with the rich in Ais death; (marg. death)

Jeremiah 8:8

KJV: How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.in vain made…: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood
EHCC: death shall be chosen

Jeremiah 9:21

KJV: For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
EHCC: ( 20). death is come up into our windows,

Jeremiah 15:2

KJV: And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
EHCC: Such as (are) for death, to death;

Jeremiah 18:21

KJV: Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.pour…: Heb. pour them out
EHCC: let their men be put to deuth ;

Jeremiah 18:23

KJV: Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.to slay…: Heb. for death
EHCC: all their counsel inst me fo slay (me):

Jeremiah 26:11

KJV: Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.This man…: Heb. The judgment of death is for this man
EHCC: This man (is) worthy to die; (marg. The

Jeremiah 43:11

KJV: And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
EHCC: such (as are) for death to death ;

Jeremiah 62:11

EHCC: in prison till the day of his denth,

Lamentations 1:20

KJV: Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
EHCC: at home (there is) as death,

Ezekiel 18:23

KJV: Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
EHCC: that the wicked die?

Ezekiel 28:10

KJV: Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.
EHCC: die the deaths of the uncircumcised

Ezekiel 31:14

KJV: To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.their trees…: or, stand upon themselves for their height
EHCC: they are all delivered unto death,

Ezekiel 33:11

KJV: Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
EHCC: no pleasure in the death of the wicked ;

Hosea 13:14

KJV: I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.power: Heb. hand
EHCC: 1 will redeem them from death: O death,

Jonah 4:3

KJV: Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
EHCC: (it is) better for me to die
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