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Lexicon :: Strong's H4962 - maṯ

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מַת
Transliteration
maṯ
Pronunciation
math
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as מָתַי (H4970)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1263

Strong’s Definitions

מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

  1. male, man

    1. males, men

    2. few men (in prose)

      1. less emphasis on sex

    3. men (poetic)

      1. less emphasis on sex

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.
STRONGS H4962: Abbreviations
† [מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic bdb060701 id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 + 3 times, מְתִם Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 + Judges 20:48 (probably), for MT מְתֹם, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Genesis 34:30 + 13 times; suffix 2nd person feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isaiah 3:25; 3rd person masculine singular מְתָיו Deuteronomy 33:6; —
1. males, men, Isaiah 3:25 (|| גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, וְהַטָּף (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים מְתִם עִיר Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Judges 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).
2. usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:
a. מִסְפָּר מְתֵי men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Genesis 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28, also Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; compare מִסְפָּר מְתָיו וִיהִי Deuteronomy 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.
b. בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62
3. elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:
a. Job 11:3; Job 24:12; Psalm 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ממתים ידך Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); מְתֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 41:14.
b. poetic phrase: מְתֵי שָׁוְא men of false-hood Job 11:11; Psalm 26:4; אָוֶן מ׳ Psalm 22:15 men of wickedness; סוֺדִי מ׳ Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; אָהֳלִי מ׳ Job 31:31 men of my tent (household); רָעָב מ׳ Isaiah 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably מְזֵי ר׳ sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deuteronomy 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30

Deuteronomy

2:34; 2:34; 3:6; 3:6; 4:27; 26:5; 28:62; 32:24; 33:6; 33:6

Judges

20:48; 20:48

1 Chronicles

16:19

Job

11:3; 11:3; 11:11; 24:12; 31:31

Psalms

17:14; 22:15; 26:4; 105:12

Isaiah

3:25; 3:25; 5:13; 41:14

Jeremiah

44:28

H4962

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4962 matches the Hebrew מַת (maṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me, making me a stench to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! My men are few in number, and the men of the land will band together against me and attack me; I shall be destroyed, I and my household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - “At the same time we took all his cities and utterly destroyed every city—men, women and children. We left no survivor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “We utterly destroyed them, just as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city—the men, women, and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - “The LORD will scatter and disperse you among the peoples (pagan nations), and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD drives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “And you shall say before the LORD your God, ‘My father [Jacob] was a wandering Aramean, and he [along with his family] went down to Egypt and [fn]lived there [as strangers], few in number; but while there he became a great, mighty and populous nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - “Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, you who were as numerous as the stars of heaven shall be left few in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 -

“May [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out,

[fn]But let his men be few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 -

When you were few in number,

Even a very few, and strangers in it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 -

“Should your boasts and babble silence men?

And shall you scoff and no one put you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 -

“For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men,

And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 -

“All the men of my council hate me;

Those I love have turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 -

“Will you keep to the ancient path

That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 -

“From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;

Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 -

“I assure you, the men of my tent have said,

‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -

From men with Your hand, O LORD,

From men of the world [these moths of the night] whose portion [of enjoyment] is in this life—idle and vain,

And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;

They are satisfied with children,

And they leave what they have left [of wealth] to their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 -

I do not sit with deceitful or unethical or worthless men,

Nor seek companionship with pretenders (self-righteous hypocrites).

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 -

When there were only a few men in number,

Very few [in fact], and strangers in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 -

Your men will fall by the sword

And your mighty men in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 -

Therefore My people go into exile because they lack knowledge [of God];

And their honorable men are famished,

And their common people are parched with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 -

“Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;

I will help you,” declares the LORD, “and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - ‘Yet a small number [of My choosing] who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.
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