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Lexicon :: Strong's H4975 - māṯnayim

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מָתְנַיִם
Transliteration
māṯnayim
Pronunciation
mo'-then
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be slender
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1267a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מתנים (Gesenius) מתן (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מֹתֶן môthen, mo'-then; from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins:— greyhound, loins, side.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H4975 in the following manner: loins (42x), side (4x), greyhound (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H4975 in the following manner: loins (42x), side (4x), greyhound (1x).

  1. loins, hips

    1. used with H2223 in Pr. 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֹתֶן môthen, mo'-then; from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins:— greyhound, loins, side.
STRONGS H4975: Abbreviations
† מָתְנַ֫יִם noun masculine dual loins (Arabic bdb060802 back, bdb060803 the two sides of the back, etc.; Syriac bdb060804; — absolute מ׳ Deuteronomy 33:11 + 7 times, מָתְנָ֑יִם Ezekiel 29:7; Ezekiel 47:4; construct מָתְנֵי Jeremiah 13:11 + 3 times; suffix מָתְנַי Isaiah 21:3, מָתְנָ֑י Jeremiah 13:2; מָתְנֵיהֶם 1 Kings + Jeremiah 20:32 + 4 times, etc.; — loins:
1.
a. place of wearing girdle 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 1:8; Jeremiah 13:1, 2, 4, 11; Ezekiel 23:15; figurative Isaiah 11:5 righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins.
b. hence place of things attached to girdle: — sword girded on (חגר על, אסר 2 Samuel 20:8; Nehemiah 4:12; opposed to, וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ Isaiah 45:1 and the loins of kings I will loosen, i e. will disarm them (י׳ before Cyrus; compare Che); ink-horn Ezekiel 9:2, 3, 11.
c. girding up loins = make ready for action, וַיְשַׁנֵּס מָתְנָיו 1 Kings 18:46; more often חָגַר מ׳ 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1; Exodus 12:11 (P), Daniel 10:5; אָזַר מ׳ Jeremiah 1:17.
d. זַרְזִיר מ׳ Proverbs 30:31 that which is girt in the loins, i.e. probably either a greyhound Ew Bö De (contracted, as if by a belt), or a war-horse, charger, Bo Ges Hi Str Wild (with a saddle); compare also זרזיר; text perhaps corrupt (Wild).
e. girded with sackcloth (in mourning) Genesis 37:34 (J), Amos 8:10; Isaiah 20:2; 1 Kings 20:31, 32; Jeremiah 48:37.
f. linen breeches of priests were to extend מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַד יְרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42 (P); to be עַלמָֿת׳ Ezekiel 44:18; loins of slaves are girt with waistcloth, compare Job 12:18 (see also אֵזוֺר).
g. in general of the middle of the body, מֵי מָת׳ Ezekiel 47:4 (i.e. water reaching to the loins); so of the appearance of י׳ in Ezekiel's visions Ezekiel 1:27 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 8:2 (twice in verse).
2.
a. loins as seat of strength, Deuteronomy 33:11; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; חַזֵּק מָתְנַיִם Nahum 2:2 (|| אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ); כֹּחוֺ בְּמָתְנָיו Job 40:16 (of hippopotamus); in combination with 1a (figurative) חָֽגְרָה בְּעוֺז מ׳ Proverbs 31:17 she girdeth her loins with strength, she puts on energy with her girdle; compare also בְּשִׁבְרוֺן מ׳ Ezekiel 21:11 sigh with breaking of loins, i.e. in entire collapse of strength; so תָּמִיד הַמְעַ֑ד וּמ׳ Psalm 69:24 and make their loins continually to shake, make them totter; compare Ezekiel 29:7 (where read וְהִמְעַדְתָּ for וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ, see מָעַד).
b. as seat of keenest pain, due to grief or dread Nahum 2:11; Isaiah 21:3 (as in travail); so probably also Psalm 66:11 (compare Bae; and see מוּעָקָה below עוק).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:34

Exodus

12:11; 28:42

Deuteronomy

33:11; 33:11

2 Samuel

20:8

1 Kings

2:5; 12:10; 18:46; 20:31; 20:32

2 Kings

1:8; 4:29; 9:1

2 Chronicles

10:10

Nehemiah

4:12

Job

12:18; 40:16

Psalms

66:11; 69:24

Proverbs

30:31; 31:17

Isaiah

11:5; 20:2; 21:3; 21:3; 45:1

Jeremiah

1:17; 13:1; 13:2; 13:2; 13:4; 13:11; 13:11; 48:37

Ezekiel

1:27; 8:2; 9:2; 9:3; 9:11; 21:11; 23:15; 29:7; 29:7; 44:18; 47:4; 47:4

Daniel

10:5

Amos

8:10

Nahum

2:2; 2:11

H4975

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Strong's Number H4975 matches the Hebrew מָתְנַיִם (māṯnayim),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah’s passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 -
Bless, Jehovah, his substance,
And accept the work of his hands:
Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him,
And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - And they answered him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 -
He looseth the bond of kings,
And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 -
Lo now, his strength is in his loins,
And his force is in the muscles of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -
Thou broughtest us into the net;
Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 -
Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see;
And make their loins continually to shake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 -
The greyhound; the he-goat also;
And the king against whom there is no rising up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17 -
She girdeth her loins with strength,
And maketh strong her arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:5 - And righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - at that time Jehovah spake by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put thy shoe from off thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:1 - Thus saith Jehovah unto me, Go, and buy thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2 - So I bought a girdle according to the word of Jehovah, and put it upon my loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith Jehovah; that they may be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I beheld, and, lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lieth toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side. And they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen, who had the writer’s inkhorn by his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11 - And, behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and didst rend all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth sweat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - She is empty, and void, and waste; and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of them all are waxed pale.
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