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Lexicon :: Strong's H4191 - mûṯ

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מוּת
Transliteration
mûṯ
Pronunciation
mooth
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1169

Strong’s Definitions

מוּת mûwth, mooth; a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill:—× at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 835x

The KJV translates Strong's H4191 in the following manner: die (424x), dead (130x), slay (100x), death (83x), surely (50x), kill (31x), dead man (3x), dead body (2x), in no wise (2x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 835x
The KJV translates Strong's H4191 in the following manner: die (424x), dead (130x), slay (100x), death (83x), surely (50x), kill (31x), dead man (3x), dead body (2x), in no wise (2x), miscellaneous (10x).
  1. to die, kill, have one executed

    1. (Qal)

      1. to die

      2. to die (as penalty), be put to death

      3. to die, perish (of a nation)

      4. to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct)

    2. (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch

    3. (Hiphil) to kill, put to death

    4. (Hophal)

      1. to be killed, be put to death

        1. to die prematurely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מוּת mûwth, mooth; a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill:—× at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.
STRONGS H4191: Abbreviations
מוּת verb die (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Assyrian mâtu DlHWB 395, Arabic bdb055903, Ethiopic bdb055904, Aramaic מוּת, מִית, bdb055905; Nabataean מות EutNab 14, 6; Zinjirli מת DHMSendsch. Glossary); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מֵת Genesis 42:38 +; 3rd person feminine singular מֵ֫תָה Genesis 35:18 +; 2nd person masculine singular מַתֶּה Ezekiel 28:8; 1st person singular וָמַ֑תִּי Genesis 19:19; 3rd person masculine plural מֵ֫תוּ Genesis 7:22 +; 1st person plural מַתְנוּ Numbers 14:2; 2 Kings 7:4; מָ֑תְנוּ Numbers 14:9 +; Imperfect יָמוּת Genesis 38:11 +; יָמֹ֑ת Deuteronomy 33:6 +; וַיָּ֫מָת Genesis 11:28 +; 1st person singular אָמוּת Genesis 26:9 +; אָמֻת 2 Samuel 19:38; אָמוּ֫תָה Genesis 46:30; 3rd person masculine plural יָמ֫וּתוּ 1 Samuel 2:23 +; יְמֻתוּן Numbers 16:29; 3rd person feminine plural תְּמוּתֶ֫נָה Ezekiel 13:19 (Ges§ 72, 5) +; Imperative מֻת Deuteronomy 32:50; Job 2:9; Infinitive absolute מוֺת Genesis 2:17 +; construct מוּת Genesis 25:32 +; suffix מוּתִי 2 Samuel 19:1; מֻתָן 2 Samuel 20:3, etc.; Participle מֵת Genesis 20:3 +; suffix מֵתִי Genesis 23:4 +; feminine singular מֵתָה Genesis 30:1; Zechariah 11:9; plural מֵתִים Exodus 12:33 +; construct מֵתֵי Isaiah 22:2 +; suffix מֵתֶיךָ Isaiah 26:19; —
1. die, of natural or other causes:
a.
(1) of man, וַיִּגְוִע וַיָּמָת and he expired and died Genesis 25:8 (+ בְּשֵׂיבֶה טוֺבָה, see below), Genesis 25:17; Genesis 35:29 (P); וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר Judges 10:2, 5; Judges 8:32; Judges 12:7, 10, 12, 15; 2 Samuel 17:23; וימלך תַּחְתָּיו וימת and he died and — reigned in his stead Genesis 36:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 (P), 2 Samuel 10:1 = 1 Chronicles 19:1; 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 13:24; 1 Chronicles 1:44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; וימת בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֺבָה and he died in a good old age 1 Chronicles 29:28 (+ Genesis 25:8, see above); as the result of smiting הכה Exodus 21:18, 20, 22 (E); + במלחמה Deuteronomy 20:5, 6, 7; 2 Samuel 19:11; בַּחֶרֶב Jeremiah 11:22; ברעב Jeremiah 11:22; מפני הדעב Jeremiah 38:9; בְּדֶבֶר Jeremiah 21:6; באבן Numbers 35:17, 23 (P); בַּמַּגֵּפָה Numbers 14:37; Numbers 17:14; Numbers 25:9 (P).
(2) figurative of wisdom, תָּמוּת חָכְמָה עִמָּכֶם Job 12:22; of courage, וַיָּמָת לִבּוֺ בְּקִרְבּוֺ and his heart died within him 1 Samuel 25:37. — 2 Samuel 2:31 strike out מֵ֑תוּ We Dr Kit Bu, compare Greek Version of the LXX.
b. of animals Leviticus 11:39; cattle Genesis 33:13 (J), fish Exodus 7:18 (E), frogs Exodus 8:9 (J), lion Ecclesiastes 9:4, worm Isaiah 66:24; כֶּלֶב מֵת, dead dog (in proverb) 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9.
c. a tree Job 14:8.
d. זִבְחֵי מֵתִים Psalm 106:28 sacrifices to the dead (idols).
2. die as a penalty = be put to death:
a. by human authority Genesis 42:20; Exodus 10:28; Exodus 21:14 (E), Genesis 44:9; Joshua 2:14 (J), Leviticus 20:20 (H), Numbers 35:12, 30 (twice in verse) (P), especially D, Deuteronomy 17:2, 6; Deuteronomy 18:20; Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 22:22, 25; Deuteronomy 24:7; Judges 6:30; 1 Samuel 14:43, 45 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:24; Jeremiah 38:24; יָמוּת מוֹת, die = be put to a violent death (> AV RV surely die), 1 Samuel 14:39, 44; 1 Samuel 22:16; 1 Kings 2:37, 42 (all Judaic), Jeremiah 26:8, all of capital punishment; 2 Kings 8:10 (Ehpraimitic source) cf assassination; מוֺת יוּמַת be put to a violent death, in the codes of Exodus 21:12, 15, 16, 17; Exodus 22:18 (E), Leviticus 20:2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27; Leviticus 24:16, 17 (H), Exodus 31:14, 15; Numbers 15:35; Numbers 35:16, 17, 18, 21, 31; Leviticus 27:29 (P; never in D; D uses verb, either Qal or Hiph., without infinitive absolute); it is used in narratives Genesis 26:11 (J), Exodus 19:12 (E), Judges 21:5. מ׳ is preceded by רגם Numbers 15:36 (P), Deuteronomy 21:21; 1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18; 1 Kings 21:13; סקל Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 22:21, 24; 1 Kings 21:10, 13, 14, 15; פגע 1 Kings 2:25, 46; רמס 2 Kings 7:17, 20; בְּיַד גֹּאֵל Joshua 20:9 (P).
c. die, perish, of a nation by divine judgment, Moab Amos 2:2, Ephraim Hosea 13:1; בית ישׂראל Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 33:1.
d. die prematurely, by neglect of wise moral conduct Proverbs 5:23; Proverbs 10:21; Proverbs 15:10; Proverbs 19:16; Proverbs 23:13; EC Proverbs 7:17. —
Note. On (לַבֵּן) עַלמֿוּת Psalm 9:1; Psalm 48:15 see עַלְמָה below II. עלם.
Po`lel. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix מוֺתְתַנִי Jeremiah 20:17; 1st person singular מֹתַתִּי 2 Samuel 1:16; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְמֹתְתֵהוּ 1 Samuel 17:51; 3rd person feminine singular תְּמוֺתֵת Psalm 34:22; 1st person singular suffix אֲמֹתְתֵהוּ 2 Samuel 1:10; Imperative suffix מוֺתְתֵנִי Judges 9:54; מֹתְתֵנִי 2 Samuel 1:9; infinitive מוֺתֵת Psalm 109:16; Participle מְמוֺתֵת 1 Samuel 14:13; — kill, put to death, despatch (intensive), absolute 1 Samuel 14:13, elsewhere with accusative Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 1:9, 10, 16; Jeremiah 20:17; Psalm 34:22; Psalm 109:16.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵמִית Judges 16:30 +; suffix וֶהֱמִתָ֑נִי 2 Samuel 14:32; הֱמִיתָם Jeremiah 41:8; 3rd person feminine singular suffix הֱמִיתָ֑תְהוּ 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2nd person masculine singular הֵמַתָּה Numbers 14:15; 1st person singular suffix הֲמִיתִּיו (read הֲמִתִּיו) 1 Samuel 17:35; 3rd person masculine plural הֵמִיתוּ 1 Samuel 30:2 +, etc.; Imperfect יָמִית Numbers 35:19 +; וַיָּ֫מֶת Genesis 38:10 +; suffix יְמִיתֵהוּ 1 Kings 13:24 +; יְמִתֶנּוּ Numbers 35:19 +; Imperative suffix הֲמִיתֵנִי 1 Samuel 20:8; plural הָמִיתוּ 1 Samuel 22:17; Infinitive absolute הָמֵת 2 Kings 11:15 +; construct הָמִית Leviticus 20:4 +; Participle מֵמִית 1 Samuel 2:6; pl, מְמִיתִים 2 Kings 17:26; Job 33:22; מְמִתִים Jeremiah 26:15; — kill, put to death
1. absolute Job 9:23, elsewhere with accusative, subject man,
a. of killing men in personal combat, or in war, often preceded by הכּה smite Joshua 10:26; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 17:50 +; of destroying a city 2 Samuel 20:19 (|| השׁחית 2 Samuel 20:20).
2. subject God, by inflicting penalty, absolute Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7, elsewhere with accusative Genesis 18:25; Genesis 38:7, 10; Exodus 4:24; Numbers 14:15 (J), Deuteronomy 9:28; Judges 13:23; 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 Samuel 5:10, 11; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 10:14; Isaiah 65:15; Hosea 9:16; ברעב Isaiah 14:30; בצמא Hosea 2:5; of killing fish Psalm 105:29; מְמִיתִים Job 33:22 executioners, angels of death.
3. of animals killing men, e.g. ox Exodus 21:29 (E), lion 1 Kings 13:24, 26; 2 Kings 17:26.
4. bring to a premature death Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 21:25.
Hoph. Perfect הוּמָ֑ת 2 Kings 11:2 +; 3rd person masculine plural הֻמְתוּ 2 Samuel 21:9; Imperfect יוּמַת Leviticus 20:10 +; יוּמָ֑ת Genesis 26:11 +; Participle מוּמָת 1 Samuel 19:11, plural מוּמָתִים 2 Kings 11:2 (Qr), 2 Chronicles 22:11; — be killed, put to death:
1. by conspiracy 2 Kings 11:2 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 11:8, 15, 16; 2 Chronicles 23:7, 14.
3. by divine infliction, in the phrase מות יוּמת (see Qal 2b).
4. die prematurely Proverbs 19:16.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4193.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:17; 2:17; 3:3; 3:4; 7:22; 11:28; 18:25; 19:19; 20:3; 20:3; 20:7; 23:4; 25:8; 25:8; 25:17; 25:32; 26:9; 26:11; 26:11; 30:1; 33:13; 35:18; 35:29; 36:33; 36:34; 36:35; 36:36; 36:37; 36:38; 36:39; 38:7; 38:10; 38:10; 38:11; 38:11; 42:20; 42:38; 44:9; 46:30

Exodus

1:16; 4:24; 7:18; 8:9; 10:28; 11:5; 12:33; 12:36; 16:3; 19:12; 21:12; 21:14; 21:15; 21:16; 21:17; 21:18; 21:20; 21:22; 21:29; 21:29; 22:18; 28:35; 28:43; 30:20; 31:14; 31:15; 35:2

Leviticus

8:35; 10:2; 10:6; 10:7; 10:9; 11:39; 15:21; 16:1; 16:2; 16:13; 19:20; 20:2; 20:4; 20:4; 20:9; 20:10; 20:10; 20:11; 20:12; 20:13; 20:15; 20:16; 20:20; 20:27; 22:9; 24:16; 24:16; 24:17; 24:21; 27:29

Numbers

1:15; 3:4; 3:10; 3:38; 4:15; 4:19; 4:20; 14:2; 14:9; 14:15; 14:15; 14:35; 14:37; 15:35; 15:36; 16:29; 18:3; 18:7; 18:22; 18:32; 25:9; 26:11; 26:61; 26:65; 27:3; 35:12; 35:16; 35:17; 35:17; 35:18; 35:19; 35:19; 35:19; 35:21; 35:21; 35:23; 35:30; 35:31

Deuteronomy

5:22; 9:10; 9:28; 13:6; 13:11; 17:2; 17:5; 17:6; 17:6; 17:7; 18:16; 18:20; 19:12; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 21:21; 21:22; 22:21; 22:22; 22:24; 22:25; 24:7; 24:16; 32:39; 32:50; 33:6

Joshua

1:18; 2:14; 10:11; 10:26; 11:17; 20:9

Judges

6:23; 6:30; 6:31; 8:32; 9:54; 9:54; 10:2; 10:5; 12:7; 12:10; 12:12; 12:15; 13:21; 13:22; 13:23; 15:13; 16:30; 20:13; 21:5

1 Samuel

2:6; 2:6; 2:23; 2:25; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 11:12; 11:13; 12:19; 14:13; 14:13; 14:39; 14:43; 14:44; 14:45; 17:35; 17:51; 17:51; 19:6; 19:11; 19:11; 19:24; 20:8; 20:32; 22:16; 22:17; 24:15; 25:17; 25:37; 25:38; 25:39; 28:9; 30:2

2 Samuel

1:9; 1:9; 1:10; 1:10; 1:16; 1:16; 2:31; 6:7; 9:8; 10:1; 12:13; 12:14; 14:7; 14:14; 14:32; 14:32; 16:9; 17:23; 19:1; 19:11; 19:22; 19:23; 19:38; 20:3; 20:19; 20:20; 21:4; 21:9; 21:9

1 Kings

1:51; 2:8; 2:24; 2:25; 2:26; 2:34; 2:37; 2:42; 2:46; 3:26; 3:27; 11:40; 12:18; 13:24; 13:24; 13:26; 19:4; 19:17; 21:10; 21:13; 21:13; 21:14; 21:15

2 Kings

1:4; 1:6; 1:16; 1:17; 5:7; 7:4; 7:17; 7:20; 8:10; 8:15; 11:2; 11:2; 11:2; 11:8; 11:15; 11:15; 11:16; 11:20; 13:24; 14:6; 14:6; 14:6; 14:6; 17:26; 17:26; 19:35

1 Chronicles

1:44; 1:45; 1:46; 1:47; 1:48; 1:49; 1:50; 2:3; 10:13; 10:14; 19:1; 24:2; 29:28

2 Chronicles

10:18; 13:20; 15:13; 22:11; 22:11; 22:11; 23:7; 23:14; 23:21; 25:4; 25:4; 25:4

Esther

4:11

Job

2:9; 9:23; 12:22; 14:8; 33:22; 33:22

Psalms

9:1; 34:22; 34:22; 105:29; 106:28; 109:16; 109:16

Proverbs

5:23; 7:17; 10:21; 15:10; 19:16; 19:16; 19:18; 21:25; 23:13

Ecclesiastes

9:4

Isaiah

11:4; 14:30; 22:2; 26:19; 37:36; 65:15; 66:24

Jeremiah

11:22; 11:22; 20:17; 20:17; 21:6; 26:8; 26:15; 26:15; 26:19; 26:21; 26:24; 31:30; 38:4; 38:9; 38:15; 38:15; 38:16; 38:24; 38:25; 41:8

Ezekiel

3:18; 3:18; 3:19; 3:20; 3:20; 13:19; 18:4; 18:13; 18:17; 18:18; 18:20; 18:21; 18:24; 18:26; 18:26; 18:28; 18:31; 28:8; 33:1; 33:8; 33:8; 33:9; 33:13; 33:14; 33:15; 33:18

Hosea

2:5; 9:16; 13:1

Amos

2:2

Zechariah

11:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4191 matches the Hebrew מוּת (mûṯ),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in '1Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:44 -

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:45 -

When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:46 -

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the territory of Moab, reigned in his place.

Hadad’s town was named Avith.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:47 -

When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:48 -

When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River reigned in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:49 -

When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:50 -

When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place.

Hadad’s city was named Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel

daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:51 -

Then Hadad died.

Edom’s chiefs: Timna, Alvah,[fn] Jetheth,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:3 -

Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the LORD’s sight, so he put him to death.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:19 -

When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she bore Hur to him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:30 -

Nadab’s sons: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:32 -

The sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:5 -

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:6 -

So Saul and his three sons died ​— ​his whole house died together.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7 -

When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 -

Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD because he did not keep the LORD’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 -

but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 -

Then the LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark. So he died there in the presence of God.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 -

Some time later, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son became king in his place.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 -

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach, commander of the army.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:22 -

Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 -

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28 -

He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon became king in his place.

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