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Lexicon :: Strong's H4131 - môṭ

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מוֹט
Transliteration
môṭ
Pronunciation
mote
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1158

Strong’s Definitions

מוֹט môwṭ, mote; a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall:—be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, × exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H4131 in the following manner: moved (20x), removed (5x), slip (3x), carried (1x), cast (1x), course (1x), decay (1x), falling down (1x), exceedingly (1x), fall (1x), ready (1x), shaketh (1x), slide (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H4131 in the following manner: moved (20x), removed (5x), slip (3x), carried (1x), cast (1x), course (1x), decay (1x), falling down (1x), exceedingly (1x), fall (1x), ready (1x), shaketh (1x), slide (1x), variant (1x).

  1. to totter, shake, slip

    1. (Qal) to totter, shake, slip

    2. (Niphal) to be shaken, be moved, be overthrown

    3. (Hiphil) to dislodge, let fall, drop

    4. (Hithpael) to be greatly shaken

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוֹט môwṭ, mote; a primitive root; to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall:—be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, × exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
STRONGS H4131: Abbreviations
† [מוֺט] verb totter, shake, slip (usually in poetry) (Late Hebrew id., derived species; Aramaic bdb055604, מוּט; Arabic bdb055605 (medial י) remove, retire; deviate from right course; repel, push, thrust; Ethiopic bdb055606 turn; Assyrian maṭû is dwindle, diminish, grow weak DlHWB 405; > denominative from מוט pole, bar DlProl. 184 GerberVerb. denominative 195 f., compare Buhl); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular מָ֫טָה Psalm 60:4 + 2 times; 3rd person plural מָ֫טוּ Psalm 46:7; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תָּמוּט Deuteronomy 32:35; Isaiah 54:10; 3rd person feminine plural תְּמוּטֶינָה Isaiah 54:10; Infinitive construct מוֺט Psalm 38:17; Psalm 46:3; absolute id. Isaiah 24:19; Participle מָט Proverbs 25:26; plural מָטִים Proverbs 24:11; — totter, slip, subject רֶגֶל (figurative of insecurity) Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 38:17; Psalm 94:18: compare (without רֶגֶל) Proverbs 24:11 לַהֶרֶד מ׳; לִפְנֵירָֿשָׁע מ׳ Proverbs 25:26; shake, intransitive, subject יָד Leviticus 25:35 (H; of feebleness); subject גְּבָעוֺת Isaiah 54:10 (|| מוּשׁ); הָרִים בְלֵב יַמִּים מ׳ Psalm 46:3 (|| הֵמִיר, compare מור) (both symbolic of extreme insecurity); compare subject בְּרִית Isaiah 54:10; subject מַמְלָכוֺת Psalm 46:7; subject אֶרֶץ (= land) Psalm 60:4; compare Isaiah 24:19 (see below Hithp.).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נָמ֫וֺטוּ Psalm 17:5; Imperfect יִמּוֺט Psalm 15:5 + 8 times, etc.; — all in poetry, mostly with negative (בַּל 13 times; לֹא 6 times), be shaken, moved, overthrown, of idols Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 41:7; of scales of crocodile Job 41:15; of תֵּבֵל 1 Chronicles 16:30 = Psalm 93:1; Psalm 96:10; of אֶרֶץ Psalm 104:5; of הַרצִֿיּוֺן Psalm 125:1, compare Psalm 46:6; figurative of general disorder (no negative), subject מוֺסְדֵי אֶרֶץ Psalm 82:5; often of righteous, as secure, Psalm 10:6; Psalm 15:5; Psalm 16:8; Psalm 21:8; Psalm 30:7; Psalm 62:3; Psalm 62:7; Psalm 112:6; Proverbs 10:30; Proverbs 12:3 (subject צַדִּיקִים שֹׁרֶשׁ); compare (without negative) Psalm 13:5; Psalm 140:11 Qr (so apparently Greek Version of the LXX AV RV; but meaning of Niph. not suitable; Kt Hiph. which see); figurative of steadfast obedience (subject פְּעָמַי) Psalm 17:5.
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יָמִ֫יטוּ Psalm 55:4; Psalm 140:11 Kt (Qr Niph.); — dislodge, let fall, drop יָמִיטוּ עָלַי אָ֫וֶן Psalm 55:4; compare גֶּחָלִים וימיטו עֲלֵיהֶם Psalm 140:11 Kt, and may they drop coals upon them, De and others; < read יַמְטִיר (Hup Gr Bae Dr), which Bi Che insert.
Hithpo`l. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִתְמוֺטְטָה מוֺט Isaiah 24:19 be greatly shaken (subject אֶדֶץ in judgment of' י׳; || רעע, פרר, Hithp.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

25:35

Deuteronomy

32:35; 32:35

1 Chronicles

16:30

Job

41:15

Psalms

10:6; 13:5; 15:5; 15:5; 16:8; 17:5; 17:5; 21:8; 30:7; 38:17; 38:17; 46:3; 46:3; 46:6; 46:7; 46:7; 55:4; 55:4; 60:4; 60:4; 62:3; 62:7; 82:5; 93:1; 94:18; 96:10; 104:5; 112:6; 125:1; 140:11; 140:11; 140:11

Proverbs

10:30; 12:3; 24:11; 24:11; 25:26; 25:26

Isaiah

24:19; 24:19; 24:19; 40:20; 41:7; 54:10; 54:10; 54:10; 54:10

H4131

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Strong's Number H4131 matches the Hebrew מוֹט (môṭ),
which occurs 39 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:35 - “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:35 - Vengeance is mine, and recompense,[fn]
for the time when their foot shall slip;
for the day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:30 - tremble before him, all the earth;
yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:23 - The folds of his flesh stick together,
firmly cast on him and immovable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 - He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:4 - lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him,”
lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:5 - who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:8 - I have set the LORD always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:5 - My steps have held fast to your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD,
and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:6 - As for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I shall never be moved.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:16 - For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:2 - Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:5 - God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:6 - The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:22 - Cast your burden on the LORD,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:2 - You have made the land to quake; you have torn it open;
repair its breaches, for it totters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:2 - He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:6 - He only is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:5 - They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty;
the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:18 - When I thought, “My foot slips,”
your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:10 - Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - He set the earth on its foundations,
so that it should never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:6 - For the righteous will never be moved;
he will be remembered forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:1 - A Song of Ascents.
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:10 - Let burning coals fall upon them!
Let them be cast into fire,
into miry pits, no more to rise!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:30 - The righteous will never be removed,
but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:3 - No one is established by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 - Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:26 - Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain
is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:19 - The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is split apart,
the earth is violently shaken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He who is too impoverished for an offering
chooses wood[fn] that will not rot;
he seeks out a skillful craftsman
to set up an idol that will not move.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
and they strengthen it with nails so that it cannot be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:10 - For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
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