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Lexicon :: Strong's H4296 - miṭṭâ

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מִטָּה
Transliteration
miṭṭâ
Pronunciation
mit-taw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1352c

Strong’s Definitions

מִטָּה miṭṭâh, mit-taw'; from H5186; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier:—bed(-chamber), bier.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H4296 in the following manner: bed (26x), bedchamber (with H2315) (2x), bier (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H4296 in the following manner: bed (26x), bedchamber (with H2315) (2x), bier (1x).

  1. couch, bed, bier

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִטָּה miṭṭâh, mit-taw'; from H5186; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier:—bed(-chamber), bier.
STRONGS H4296: Abbreviations
† מִטָּה noun feminine couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Ecclus 48:6); — absolute מִטָּה Amos 3:12 + 14 times; construct מִטַּת 2 Kings 4:21; suffix מִטָּתִי Psalm 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:28, מִטָּתוֺ 2 Samuel 4:7 + 6 times; plural מִטּוֺת absolute 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11, construct Amos 6:4; Esther 1:6; — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 Kings 4:10, compare 2 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Genesis 47:31 (J; ראֹשׁ הַמּ׳), compare Genesis 48:2 (J), Genesis 49:33 (P), Psalm 6:7; Proverbs 26:14; 2 Chronicles 24:25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 Samuel 28:23; 1 Kings 21:4; מ'פְּאַת Amos 3:12; seat of King Solomon Songs 3:7; in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; sometimes portable 1 Samuel 19:15 compare 1 Samuel 19:13; 1 Samuel 19:16, hence = bier 2 Samuel 3:31; sometimes high 2 Kings 1:4, 6, 16 (עָלָה שָׁם opposed to יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Amos 6:4; for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Esther 1:6; compare כְּבוּדָּה מ׳ Ezekiel 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֺת 2 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11 (see H4296 חֶדֶר). — compare also H4904 מִשְׁכָּב (H7901 שׁכב), H6210 עֶרֶשׂ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:31; 48:2; 49:33

1 Samuel

19:13; 19:15; 19:16; 28:23

2 Samuel

3:31; 4:7; 4:7

1 Kings

17:19; 21:4

2 Kings

1:4; 1:6; 1:16; 4:10; 4:21; 4:21; 4:32; 11:2; 11:2

2 Chronicles

22:11; 22:11; 24:25

Esther

1:6; 1:6

Psalms

6:7; 6:7

Proverbs

26:14

Song of Songs

3:7

Ezekiel

23:41

Amos

3:12; 3:12; 6:4; 6:4

H4296

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4296 matches the Hebrew מִטָּה (miṭṭâ),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - Then he said, “Swear to me [that you will do it].” So he swore to him. Then Israel (Jacob) bowed in worship at the head of the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - And when Jacob (Israel) was told, “Look now, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob (Israel) had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was [fn]gathered to his people [who had preceded him in death].

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your home, into your bedroom and on to your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - And Michal took the [fn]household idol and laid it on the bed, put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - Then Saul sent the messengers [again] to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed [if necessary], so that I may kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - When the messengers came in, there was the [fn]household idol on the bed with a quilt of goats’ hair at its head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants together with the woman urged him, and he [finally] listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 -

Then David said to Joab and to all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - Now when they entered the house he was lying on his bed in his bedroom. They [not only] struck and killed him, [but] they also beheaded him. Then they took his head and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her arms and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab [already upset by the Lord’s message] came into his house [feeling more] resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face, and would not eat any food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - “Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You [Ahaziah] will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’” So Elijah departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and tell him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but you will certainly die.’”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then Elijah said to Ahaziah, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word?—therefore you will not leave the bed on which you lie, but will certainly die.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - “Please, let us make a small, fully-walled upper room [on the housetop] and put a bed there for him, with a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then whenever he comes to visit us, he can turn in there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door [of the small upper room] behind him and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 -

When Elisha came into the house, the child was dead and lying on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram [of Judah and half] sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and abducted him from among the king’s sons who were to be killed, and hid him and his nurse in the [fn]bedroom. So they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath, the king’s daughter, took Joash the [infant] son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram [of Judah] and wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid Joash from [his grandmother] Athaliah so that she did not murder him (for Jehoshabeath was the sister of Ahaziah).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 -

When they left Joash (for they left him very ill), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were curtains (draperies) of fine white and violet linen fastened with cords of fine purple linen to silver rings and marble columns. The couches of gold and silver rested on a mosaic floor of [fn]porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious colored stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - When the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even attempt to assault the queen with me in the palace?” As the king spoke those words, the servants covered Haman’s face [in preparation for execution].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 -

I am weary with my groaning;

Every night I soak my bed with tears,

I drench my couch with my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 -

As the door turns on its hinges,

So does the lazy person on his bed [never getting out of it].

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 -

(The Chorus)

“Behold, it is the couch ([fn]palanquin) of Solomon;

Sixty mighty men around it,

Of the mighty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 -

Thus says the LORD,

“Just as the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion a couple of legs or a piece of the [sheep’s] ear [to prove to the owner that he has not stolen the animal],

So will the [remaining] children of Israel living in Samaria be snatched away

With the corner of a bed and [part of] the damask covering of a couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 -

Those who lie on [luxurious] beds of ivory

And lounge around out on their couches,

And eat lambs from the flock

And calves from the midst of the stall,

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