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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 - And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel worshipped on the bed's head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - And one told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered his feet into the bed, and expired, and was gathered to his peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - And the river shall swarm with frogs, and they shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedroom, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy bondmen, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - And Michal took the image, and laid it in the bed, and put the net of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the coverlet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - And the messengers came in, and behold, the image was in the bed, and the net 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. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - They came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him; and they took his head, and went by the way of the plain all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - And Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word that Naboth the Jizreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and ate no bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - Now therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die. And Elijah departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said unto 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 Jehovah: Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt certainly die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and hid him and his nurse in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she did not slay him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - And when they had departed from him (for they left him in great diseases), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - White, green, and blue hangings were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver lay upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king returned out of the palace garden into the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? The word went forth out of the king's mouth, and they covered Haman's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and upon the damask of a bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;
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