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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)
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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 - Ya`akov said to Shim`on and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Kana`anim and the Perizzi. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sichon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where the LORD shall lead you away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, A Arammian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Mitzrayim, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - Let Re'uven live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - When you were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and foreigners in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Should your boastings make men hold their shalom? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, Yet God doesn't regard the folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - From men by your hand, LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - I have not sat with deceitful men, Neither will I go in with hypocrites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - When they were but a few men in number, Yes, very few, and foreigners in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 - Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people have go into captivity for lack of knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitudes are parched with thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Don't be afraid, you worm Ya`akov, and you men of Yisra'el; I will help you, says the LORD, and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Mitzrayim into the land of Yehudah, few in number; and all the remnant of Yehudah, who have gone into the land of Mitzrayim to sojourn there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
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