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Lexicon :: Strong's H4962 - maṯ

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מַת
Transliteration
maṯ
Pronunciation
math
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as מָתַי (H4970)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1263

Strong’s Definitions

מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

  1. male, man

    1. males, men

    2. few men (in prose)

      1. less emphasis on sex

    3. men (poetic)

      1. less emphasis on sex

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.
STRONGS H4962: Abbreviations
† [מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic bdb060701 id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 + 3 times, מְתִם Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 + Judges 20:48 (probably), for MT מְתֹם, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Genesis 34:30 + 13 times; suffix 2nd person feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isaiah 3:25; 3rd person masculine singular מְתָיו Deuteronomy 33:6; —
1. males, men, Isaiah 3:25 (|| גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, וְהַטָּף (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים מְתִם עִיר Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Judges 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).
2. usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:
a. מִסְפָּר מְתֵי men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Genesis 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28, also Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; compare מִסְפָּר מְתָיו וִיהִי Deuteronomy 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.
b. בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62
3. elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:
a. Job 11:3; Job 24:12; Psalm 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ממתים ידך Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); מְתֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 41:14.
b. poetic phrase: מְתֵי שָׁוְא men of false-hood Job 11:11; Psalm 26:4; אָוֶן מ׳ Psalm 22:15 men of wickedness; סוֺדִי מ׳ Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; אָהֳלִי מ׳ Job 31:31 men of my tent (household); רָעָב מ׳ Isaiah 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably מְזֵי ר׳ sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deuteronomy 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30

Deuteronomy

2:34; 2:34; 3:6; 3:6; 4:27; 26:5; 28:62; 32:24; 33:6; 33:6

Judges

20:48; 20:48

1 Chronicles

16:19

Job

11:3; 11:3; 11:11; 24:12; 31:31

Psalms

17:14; 22:15; 26:4; 105:12

Isaiah

3:25; 3:25; 5:13; 41:14

Jeremiah

44:28

H4962

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4962 matches the Hebrew מַת (maṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land - among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon - every occupied city, including women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - Then you must affirm before the LORD YOUR GOD, "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked -

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' -

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 - Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Some who survive in battle will return to the land of Judah from the land of Egypt. But they will be very few indeed! Then the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will know whose word proves true, mine or theirs.'
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