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Lexicon :: Strong's H4194 - māveṯ

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מָוֶת
Transliteration
māveṯ
Pronunciation
maw'-veth
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1169a

Strong’s Definitions

מָוֶת mâveth, maw'-veth; from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin:—(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 160x

The KJV translates Strong's H4194 in the following manner: death (128x), die (22x), dead (8x), deadly (1x), slay (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 160x
The KJV translates Strong's H4194 in the following manner: death (128x), die (22x), dead (8x), deadly (1x), slay (1x).
  1. death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead

    1. death

    2. death by violence (as a penalty)

    3. state of death, place of death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָוֶת mâveth, maw'-veth; from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin:—(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
STRONGS H4194: Abbreviations
מָ֫וֶת 161 noun masculineExodus 10:17 death; — absolute מ׳ Deuteronomy 19:6 +; מָֽ֫וְתָה Psalm 116:15; construct מוֺת Genesis 25:11 +; suffix מוֺתִו Genesis 27:2 +; plural construct מוֺהֵי Ezekiel 28:10; suffix בְּמֹתָיו Isaiah 53:9; —
1. death, opposed to life, Deuteronomy 30:15,19; 2 Samuel 15:21; כל האדם מ׳ the death of all men (that all go to) Numbers 16:29 (J), as distinguished from violent death; יוֺם מ׳ day of death Genesis 27:2 (J) Judges 13:7; 1 Samuel 15:35 +; שְׁנַת מ׳ Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 14:28; עד מ׳ Numbers 35:25,28,32; Joshua 20:6 (P), 1 Kings 11:40; לפני מ׳ Genesis 27:7,10; Genesis 50:16 (JE); אחרי מ׳ Genesis 26:18 (J), Genesis 25:11; Leviticus 16:1; Numbers 35:28 (P), Deuteronomy 31:27,29 (D) +; בכור מ׳ Job 18:13 firstborn of death (deadly disease); of flies Ecclesiastes 10:1, unclean animals Leviticus 11:31,32 (P).
2. death by violence as a penalty : † -שֶׁמ׳ מִשְׁפַּט + לְ or בְּ person: a case of death to, or in a man, guilty of capital crime Deuteronomy 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:22; Jeremiah 26:11,16; חֵטְא מ׳ Deuteronomy 22:26; מ׳ (י)בנ 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 12:5; אישׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29; אנשׁי מ׳ 1 Kings 2:26; מַלְאֲכֵי מ׳ Proverbs 16:14 messengers of death; במותָיו Isaiah 53:9 in his (martyr-) death (see BrMP 359).
† 3. state of death or place of death (|| שׁאול) Isaiah 28:15,18; Isaiah 38:18; Hosea 13:14; Habakkuk 2:5; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 49:15; Songs 8:6; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 7:27; (|| אבדון) Job 28:22; שׁערי מ׳ gates of death Psalm 9:14; Psalm 107:18; Job 38:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:11; 25:11; 26:18; 27:2; 27:2; 27:7; 27:10; 50:16

Exodus

10:17

Leviticus

11:31; 11:32; 16:1

Numbers

16:29; 35:25; 35:28; 35:28; 35:32

Deuteronomy

19:6; 19:6; 21:22; 22:26; 30:15; 30:19; 31:27; 31:29

Joshua

20:6

Judges

13:7

1 Samuel

15:35; 20:31; 26:16

2 Samuel

12:5; 15:21; 19:29

1 Kings

2:26; 11:40

Job

18:13; 28:22; 38:17

Psalms

6:6; 9:14; 49:15; 107:18; 116:15

Proverbs

5:5; 7:27; 16:14

Ecclesiastes

10:1

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

6:1; 14:28; 28:15; 28:18; 38:18; 53:9; 53:9

Jeremiah

26:11; 26:16

Ezekiel

28:10

Hosea

13:14

Habakkuk

2:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4194 matches the Hebrew מָוֶת (māveṯ),
which occurs 157 times in 152 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Pro 7:27–Jon 4:3)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 -

The ways to Sheol are in her house,

Descending to the chambers of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 -

“But he who [fn]sins against me does violence to his own soul;

All those who hate me love death H4194.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2 -

Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,

But righteousness delivers from death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:4 -

Wealth will not profit in the day of wrath,

But righteousness will deliver from death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 -

When a wicked man dies H4194, his hope will perish,

And the expectation of vigorous men perishes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:19 -

He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life,

And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 -

In the path of righteousness is life,

And in its pathway there is no death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 -

The [fn]instruction of the wise is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 -

There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 -

The [fn]fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life,

To turn aside from the snares of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:32 -

The wicked is thrust down by his own evil,

But the righteous takes refuge even in his death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 -

The wrath of a king is like messengers of death H4194,

But a wise man will atone for it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25 -

There is a way which seems right to a man,

But its end is the way of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 -

Death H4194 and life are in the [fn]power of the tongue,

And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -

Working for treasures by a lying tongue

Is a fleeting breath, by those who pursue death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 -

Deliver those who are being taken away to death H4194,

And those who are stumbling to the slaughter, Oh hold them back.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18 -

Like a madman who shoots

Firebrands, arrows, and death H4194,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same fate for each of them. As one dies H4194 so dies H4194 the other, and they all have the same breath. So there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is [fn]vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 -

Better is a good name than good oil,

And better is the day of one’s death H4194 than the day of one’s birth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I found more bitter than death H4194 the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is good before God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - There is no man who has power to restrain the wind with the wind, and there is none who has power over the day of death H4194; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and wickedness will not provide escape to its masters.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 -

Dead H4194 flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little simpleminded folly is weightier than wisdom and honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

“Put me like a [fn]seal over your heart,

Like a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong as death H4194,

[fn]Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

[fn]The very flame of [fn]Yah.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 -

In the year of King Uzziah’s death H4194 I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28 -

In the year that King Ahaz died H4194 this [fn]oracle came:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 -

He will swallow up death H4194 for all time,

And Lord Yahweh will wipe tears away from all faces,

And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth;

For Yahweh has spoken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 -

Because you have said, “We have cut a covenant with death H4194,

And with Sheol we have made a [fn]pact.

The overflowing [fn]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,

For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have hidden ourselves with lying.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 -

“Your covenant with death H4194 will be [fn]canceled,

And your pact with Sheol will not stand;

When the overflowing scourge passes through,

Then you will become its trampling place.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 -

“For Sheol cannot thank You;

Death H4194 cannot praise You;

Those who go down to the pit cannot keep watch for Your truth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 -

So His grave was assigned with wicked men,

Yet He was with a rich man in His death H4194,

Because He had done no violence,

Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:12 -

Therefore, I will divide for Him a portion with the many,

And He will divide the spoil with the strong;

Because He poured out His soul to death H4194,

And was numbered with the transgressors;

Yet He Himself [fn]bore the sin of many,

And interceded for the transgressors.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:3 - “And death H4194 will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the places to which I have banished them,” declares Yahweh of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 -

For death H4194 has come up through our windows;

It has entered our palaces

To cut off the infants from the streets,

The choice men from the open squares.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - “And it will be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘Thus says Yahweh:

“Those destined for death H4194, to death H4194;

And those destined for the sword, to the sword;

And those destined for famine, to famine;

And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21 -

Therefore, give their children over to famine

And deliver them up to the [fn]power of the sword;

And let their wives become childless and widowed.

Let their men also be [fn]smitten to death H4194,

Their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 -

Yet You, O Yahweh, know

All their [fn]deadly H4194 counsel against me;

Do not atone for their iniquity

Or blot out their sin from before You.

But may they be [fn]overthrown before You;

Deal with them in the time of Your anger!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8 -

“You shall also say to this people, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, “A judgment of death H4194 for this man! For he has prophesied against this city as you have heard in your hearing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 -

Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, “No judgment of death H4194 for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11 - “He will also come and strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death H4194 will be given over to death H4194, and those for captivity to captivity, and those for the sword to the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:11 - Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death H4194.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:34 - For his allowance, a continual allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death H4194.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 -

Resh

“See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;

My [fn]inmost being is greatly disturbed;

My heart is overturned within me,

For I have been very rebellious.

In the street the sword bereaves;

In the house it is like death H4194.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do I have any pleasure in the death H4194 of the wicked,” declares Lord Yahweh, “is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - “For I have no pleasure in the death H4194 of anyone who dies,” declares Lord Yahweh. “Therefore, [fn]turn back and live.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:10 -

‘You will die the death H4194 of the uncircumcised

By the hand of strangers,

For I have spoken!’ declares Lord Yahweh!”’”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - so that all the trees by the waters may not be lofty in their height, nor put their top among the [fn]clouds, nor their dominant ones—all the [fn]well-watered ones—stand in their loftiness. For they have all been given over to death H4194, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘I take no pleasure in the death H4194 of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14 -

Shall I ransom them from the [fn]power of Sheol?

Shall I redeem them from death H4194?

O Death H4194, where are your thorns?

O Sheol, where is your sting?

Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:3 - “So now, O Yahweh, please take my [fn]life from me, for death H4194 is better to me than life.”

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