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Lexicon :: Strong's H4194 - māveṯ

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מָוֶת
Transliteration
māveṯ
Pronunciation
maw'-veth
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1169a

Strong’s Definitions

מָוֶת mâveth, maw'-veth; from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin:—(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 160x

The KJV translates Strong's H4194 in the following manner: death (128x), die (22x), dead (8x), deadly (1x), slay (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 160x
The KJV translates Strong's H4194 in the following manner: death (128x), die (22x), dead (8x), deadly (1x), slay (1x).

  1. death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead

    1. death

    2. death by violence (as a penalty)

    3. state of death, place of death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָוֶת mâveth, maw'-veth; from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin:—(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
STRONGS H4194: Abbreviations
מָ֫וֶת 161 noun masculineExodus 10:17 death; — absolute מ׳ Deuteronomy 19:6 +; מָֽ֫וְתָה Psalm 116:15; construct מוֺת Genesis 25:11 +; suffix מוֺתִו Genesis 27:2 +; plural construct מוֺהֵי Ezekiel 28:10; suffix בְּמֹתָיו Isaiah 53:9; —
1. death, opposed to life, Deuteronomy 30:15,19; 2 Samuel 15:21; כל האדם מ׳ the death of all men (that all go to) Numbers 16:29 (J), as distinguished from violent death; יוֺם מ׳ day of death Genesis 27:2 (J) Judges 13:7; 1 Samuel 15:35 +; שְׁנַת מ׳ Isaiah 6:1; Isaiah 14:28; עד מ׳ Numbers 35:25,28,32; Joshua 20:6 (P), 1 Kings 11:40; לפני מ׳ Genesis 27:7,10; Genesis 50:16 (JE); אחרי מ׳ Genesis 26:18 (J), Genesis 25:11; Leviticus 16:1; Numbers 35:28 (P), Deuteronomy 31:27,29 (D) +; בכור מ׳ Job 18:13 firstborn of death (deadly disease); of flies Ecclesiastes 10:1, unclean animals Leviticus 11:31,32 (P).
2. death by violence as a penalty : † -שֶׁמ׳ מִשְׁפַּט + לְ or בְּ person: a case of death to, or in a man, guilty of capital crime Deuteronomy 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:22; Jeremiah 26:11,16; חֵטְא מ׳ Deuteronomy 22:26; מ׳ (י)בנ 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 12:5; אישׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 19:29; אנשׁי מ׳ 1 Kings 2:26; מַלְאֲכֵי מ׳ Proverbs 16:14 messengers of death; במותָיו Isaiah 53:9 in his (martyr-) death (see BrMP 359).
† 3. state of death or place of death (|| שׁאול) Isaiah 28:15,18; Isaiah 38:18; Hosea 13:14; Habakkuk 2:5; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 49:15; Songs 8:6; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 7:27; (|| אבדון) Job 28:22; שׁערי מ׳ gates of death Psalm 9:14; Psalm 107:18; Job 38:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:11; 25:11; 26:18; 27:2; 27:2; 27:7; 27:10; 50:16

Exodus

10:17

Leviticus

11:31; 11:32; 16:1

Numbers

16:29; 35:25; 35:28; 35:28; 35:32

Deuteronomy

19:6; 19:6; 21:22; 22:26; 30:15; 30:19; 31:27; 31:29

Joshua

20:6

Judges

13:7

1 Samuel

15:35; 20:31; 26:16

2 Samuel

12:5; 15:21; 19:29

1 Kings

2:26; 11:40

Job

18:13; 28:22; 38:17

Psalms

6:6; 9:14; 49:15; 107:18; 116:15

Proverbs

5:5; 7:27; 16:14

Ecclesiastes

10:1

Song of Songs

8:6

Isaiah

6:1; 14:28; 28:15; 28:18; 38:18; 53:9; 53:9

Jeremiah

26:11; 26:16

Ezekiel

28:10

Hosea

13:14

Habakkuk

2:5

H4194

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Strong's Number H4194 matches the Hebrew מָוֶת (māveṯ),
which occurs 157 times in 152 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (2Sa 22:5–Pro 5:5)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:5 - “For the waves of death encompassed me,
the torrents of destruction assailed me;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:6 - the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all my father’s affliction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:1 - After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the LORD, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:5 - But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - And they poured out some for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:17 - Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - And the LORD touched the king, so that he was a leper[fn] to the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house.[fn] And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:24 - After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah,[fn] the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - For David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done. For after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - But Jehoiada grew old and full of days, and died. He was 130 years old at his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:17 - Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:25 - Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:21 - And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived in a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:7 - He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:21 - who long for death, but it comes not,
and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:15 - so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:13 - It consumes the parts of his skin;
the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:15 - Those who survive him the pestilence buries,
and his widows do not weep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:22 - Abaddon and Death say,
‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:23 - For I know that you will bring me to death
and to the house appointed for all living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:17 - Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:5 - For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:13 - he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,
making his arrows fiery shafts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:13 - Be gracious to me, O LORD!
See my affliction from those who hate me,
O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:3 - Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:4 - The cords of death encompassed me;
the torrents of destruction assailed me;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:5 - the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - my strength is dried up like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 - that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:14 - Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.
Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:17 - For when he dies he will carry nothing away;
his glory will not go down after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:4 - My heart is in anguish within me;
the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 - For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God of salvation,
and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:4 - For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He made a path for his anger;
he did not spare them from death,
but gave their lives over to the plague.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - What man can live and never see death?
Who can deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - they loathed any kind of food,
and they drew near to the gates of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:3 - The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:8 - For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:15 - Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of his saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 118:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:18 - The LORD has disciplined me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:18 - for her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death;
her steps follow the path to[fn] Sheol;

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3. LOAD PAGE 3 Pro 7:27–Jon 4:3

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Jon 4:9–Hab 2:5

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