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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H4194

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Strong's Number H4194 matches the Hebrew מָוֶת (māveṯ),
which occurs 158 times in 153 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Pro 5:5–Hos 13:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death, H4194
Her steps take hold of Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 - Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - “But he who [fn]sins against me injures himself;
All those who hate me love death.” H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:2 - [fn]Ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:4 - Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked man dies, H4194 his expectation will perish,
And the hope of strong men perishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 - In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - The [fn]teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
To turn aside from the snares of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 - There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:27 - The [fn]fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,
That one may avoid the snares of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:32 - The wicked is thrust down by his [fn]wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 - The fury of a king is like messengers of death, H4194
But a wise man will appease it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25 - There is a way which seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the [fn]pursuit of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 - Deliver those who are being taken away to death, H4194
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:18 - Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows and death, H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:1 - A good name is better than a good ointment,
And the day of one’s death H4194 is better than the day of one’s birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I discovered more bitter than death H4194 the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; H4194 and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver [fn]those who practice it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead H4194 flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6

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 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 - In the year of King Uzziah’s death H4194 I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28 - In the year that King Ahaz died H4194 this [fn]oracle came:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up death H4194 for all time,
And the Lord [fn]GOD will wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth;
For the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, H4194
And with [fn]Sheol we have made a [fn]pact.
The overwhelming [fn]scourge will not reach us when it passes by,
For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - “Your covenant with death H4194 will be [fn]canceled,
And your pact with Sheol will not stand;
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
Then you become its trampling place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 - “For Sheol cannot thank You,
Death H4194 cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:12 - Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out [fn]Himself to death, H4194
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:3

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 driven them,” declares the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death H4194 has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces
To cut off the children from the streets,
The young men from the town squares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:21

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 smitten to death, H4194
Their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - Yet You, O LORD, know
All their [fn]deadly H4194 designs against me;
Do not [fn]forgive their iniquity
Or blot out their sin from Your sight.
But may they be [fn]overthrown before You;
Deal with them in the time of Your anger!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8 - “You shall also say to this people, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 - Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, “No death H4194 sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:11

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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:34 - For his allowance, a regular 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “See, O LORD, for I am in distress;
My [fn]spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very rebellious.
In the street the sword [fn]slays;
In the house it is like death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do I have any pleasure in the death H4194 of the wicked,” declares the Lord GOD, “[fn]rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - “For I have no pleasure in the death H4194 of anyone who dies,” declares the Lord GOD. “Therefore, repent and live.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:10 - ‘You will die the death H4194 of the uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord GOD!”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:14 - so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the [fn]clouds, nor their [fn]well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord [fn]GOD, ‘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?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:14

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.

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