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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 40 times in 33 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 -

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps[fn] under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:8 -

Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 -

Whenever the judge died, the Israelites would act even more corruptly than their ancestors, following other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them. They did not turn from their evil practices or their obstinate ways.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:21 -

“I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:11 -

Then the land had peace for forty years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 -

The servants waited until they became embarrassed and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upstairs room. So they took the key and opened the doors ​— ​and there was their lord lying dead on the floor!

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:1 -

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD after Ehud had died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:21 -

While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife, Jael, took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 -

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:18 -

The people of Zebulun defied death,

Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:23 -

But the LORD said to him, “Peace to you. Don’t be afraid, for you will not die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 -

Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he tore down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 -

But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Would you plead Baal’s case for him? Would you save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead his own case because someone tore down his altar.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 -

Then Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 -

When Gideon died, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves by worshiping the Baals and made Baal-berith[fn] their god.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 -

Each of the troops also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire; about a thousand men and women died, including all the men of the Tower of Shechem.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 -

He quickly called his armor-bearer and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, or they’ll say about me, ‘A woman killed him.’ ” So his armor-bearer ran him through, and he died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 -

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:2 -

Tola judged Israel twenty-three years and when he died, was buried in Shamir.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:5 -

When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:7 -

Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:10 -

and when he died, he was buried in Bethlehem.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:12 -

and when he died, he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:15 -

and when he died, he was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:22 -

“We’re certainly going to die,” he said to his wife, “because we have seen God! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 -

But his wife said to him, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us, and he would not have shown us all these things or spoken to us like this.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:13 -

“No,” they said,[fn] “we won’t kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they tied him up with two new ropes and led him away from the rock.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 -

He became very thirsty and called out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory through your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:16 -

Because she nagged him day after day and pleaded with him until she wore him out,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:30 -

Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” He pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the leaders and all the people in it. And those he killed at his death were more than those he had killed in his life.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 -

“Citizens of Gibeah came to attack me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, but they raped my concubine, and she died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:13 -

“Hand over the wicked men in Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge evil from Israel.” But the Benjaminites would not listen to their fellow Israelites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 -

The Israelites asked, “Who of all the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the LORD with the assembly? ” For a great oath had been taken that anyone who had not come to the LORD at Mizpah would certainly be put to death.

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