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Lexicon :: Strong's H3971 - mᵊ'ûm

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מְאוּם
Transliteration
mᵊ'ûm
Pronunciation
moom
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
As if passive participle from an unused root
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TWOT Reference: 1137a

Strong’s Definitions

מאוּם mʼûwm, moom; usually מוּם mûwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain a blemish (physically or morally):—blemish, blot, spot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3971 in the following manner: blemish (16x), spot (3x), blot (2x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H3971 in the following manner: blemish (16x), spot (3x), blot (2x), variant (1x).

  1. blemish, spot, defect

    1. of physical defect

    2. of moral stain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מאוּם mʼûwm, moom; usually מוּם mûwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain a blemish (physically or morally):—blemish, blot, spot.
STRONGS H3971: Abbreviations
† מאוּם noun masculineJob 31:7 blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera lectio) apparently original form,.Köii. 146); — מ׳ absolute:
1. of physical defect Daniel 1:4.
2. figurative מ׳ דָּבַק בְּכַפַּ׳ Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually

† מוּם noun masculineLeviticus 21:17 (= foregoing (above); quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, bdb054801); — absolute מ׳ Leviticus 21:17 16 times; suffix מוּמוֺ Proverbs 9:7; מוּמָם Deuteronomy 32:5; — blemish, defect (chiefly H):
1. physical,
a. in man, as excluding from priestly service, Leviticus 21:17,18,21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 21:23; disfiguring man 2 Samuel 14:25, woman Songs 4:7; (in all בְּ היה מ׳); as caused by man upon man Leviticus 24:19,20.
b. in beast (reference to sacrifice) Leviticus 22:20,21,25; Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 15:21 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 17:1 (in all בְּ היה מ׳).
2. figurative of moral blemish Deuteronomy 32:5 (but text very dubious, compare Dr); תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם Job 11:15; of shame of repulse Proverbs 9:7 (|| (קָלוֺן).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

21:17; 21:17; 21:17; 21:18; 21:21; 21:23; 22:20; 22:21; 22:25; 24:19; 24:20

Numbers

19:2

Deuteronomy

15:21; 17:1; 32:5; 32:5

2 Samuel

14:25

Job

11:15; 31:7; 31:7

Proverbs

9:7; 9:7

Song of Songs

4:7

Daniel

1:4

H3971

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3971 matches the Hebrew מְאוּם (mᵊ'ûm),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man lame, blind, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:21 - Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer sacrifices to thy God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:20 - They shall not bring to the Lord anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - And whatsoever man shall offer a peace-offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of free-will-offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - Neither shall ye offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19 - And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbour, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as any one may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for thee a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it to the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - Thou shalt not sacrifice to the Lord thy God a calf or a sheep, in which there is a blemish, or any evil thing; for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have sinned, not pleasing him; spotted children, a froward and perverse generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:25 - And there was not a man in Israel so [fn]very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:15 - For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - He that reproves evil men shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:7 - Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and the king gave commandment to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans.
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