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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 BoxGen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - (LXX 7:28) and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into thy houses, and into thy bed-chambers, and upon thy beds, and upon the houses of thy servants, and of thy people, and on thy dough, and on thine ovens.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - And Melchol took [fn]images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the [fn]liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - And the messengers come, and, behold, the images were on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he hearkened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - and Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And Eliu said to the woman, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and [fn]laid him on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - (LXX 20:4) And the spirit of Achaab was troubled, and he lay down upon his bed, and covered his face, and ate no bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - For thus saith the Lord, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Eliu went, and said so to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou goest to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? it shall not be so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us now make for him an upper chamber, a small place; and let us put there for him a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall come to pass that when he comes in to us, he shall [fn]turn in thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God; and she shut the door upon him, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid upon his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king's sons that were put to death, secreting him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Josabeeth, the daughter of the king, took Joas the son of Ochozias and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Josabeeth daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, wife of Jodae the priest, hid him, and she even hid him from Gotholia, and she did not slay him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jodae the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchre of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - which was adorned with hangings of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: there were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, having roses worked round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - (LXX 6:7) [fn]I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Behold Solomon's bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - and satest on a prepared bed, and before it there was a table set out, and as for mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
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