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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxGen 37:34

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - And thus shall ye eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staves in your hands, and ye shall eat it in haste. It is a passover to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Bless, Lord, his strength, and accept the works of his hands; break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, and let not them that hate him rise up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - And they were by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab [fn]had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he slew them, and [fn]shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt thou say to them, My [fn]little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand of the Lord was upon Eliu, and he girt up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - (LXX 21:31) And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are [fn]merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - (LXX 21:32) So they girt sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Ader says, Let our [fn]souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - And they said to him, He was a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - And Elisaie said to Giezi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go: if thou meet any man, thou shalt not [fn]salute him, and if a man salute thee thou shalt not answer him: and thou shalt lay my staff on the child's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this cruse of oil in thy hand, and go to Remmoth Galaad.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to the people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou lighten somewhat of it from us; thus shalt thou say, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - (LXX 4:12) And the builders wrought each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - (LXX 65:11) Thou broughtest us into the snare; thou laidest afflictions on our back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 - (LXX 68:24) Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 - and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17 - She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:5 - And he shall have his loins girt with righteousness, and his sides clothed with truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - then the Lord spoke to Esaias the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman: I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hasted that I might not see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - Thus saith the Lord God to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - And do thou gird up thy loins, and stand up, and speak all the words that I shall command thee: be not afraid of their face, neither be thou alarmed before them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:1 - Thus saith the Lord, Go and procure for thyself a linen girdle, and put it about thy loins, and let it not be put in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2 - So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as a girdle cleaves about the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to myself the house of Israel, and the whole house of Juda; that they might be to me a famous people, and a praise, and a glory: but they did not hearken to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - (LXX 31:37) They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat the breasts, and on all loins shall be sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of the loins and upwards, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - And I looked, and, behold, the likeness of a man: from his loins and downwards there was fire, and from his loins upwards there was as the appearance of amber.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, and each one's axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe down to the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - And the glory of the God of Israel, that was upon them, went up from the cherubs to the porch of the house. And he called the man that was clothed with the long robe, who had the girdle on his loins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11 - And, behold, the man clothed with the long robe, and girt with the girdle about his loins, answered and said, I have done as thou didst command me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - (LXX 21:11) And thou, son of man, groan with the breaking of thy loins; thou shalt even groan heavily in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed attire upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When they took hold of thee with their hand, thou didst break: and when every hand was clapped against them, and when they leaned on thee, thou wast utterly broken, and didst crush the loins of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - And they shall have linen mitres upon their heads, and shall have linen drawers upon their loins; and they shall not tightly gird themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - and he passed through the water; it was water of a fountain: and again he measured a thousand, and passed through the water; and the water was up to the thighs: and again he measured a thousand; and he passed through water up to the loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girt with gold of Ophaz:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - (LXX 2:2) It is all over with him, he has been removed, one who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into thy presence, watch the way, strengthen thy loins, be very valiant in thy strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - (LXX 2:11) There is thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all are as the blackening of a pot.
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