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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 - Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and [fn]my men H4962 being few H4962 in number, they will gather together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - “So we captured all his cities at that time and [fn]devoted to destruction [fn]the men H4962, women, and little ones of every city. We left no survivor remaining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - “And we [fn]devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, [fn]devoting to destruction [fn]the men H4962, women, and little ones of every city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - “And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will remain few H4962 in number among the nations where Yahweh drives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “And you shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, ‘My father was a [fn]wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and [fn]sojourned there, few in number H4962; but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - “Then you shall remain few in number H4962, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 -

“May Reuben live and not die,

Nor his men H4962 be few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 -

When you were only a few H4962 men H4962 in number,

Of little account, and sojourners in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 -

“Shall your boasts silence men H4962?

And shall you mock and none rebuke?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 -

“For He knows worthless men H4962,

And He sees wickedness, [fn]so will He not carefully consider it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 -

“All the men of my counsel H4962 abhor me,

And 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

Which wicked men H4962 have trod,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 -

“From the city men H4962 groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry out;

Yet God does not pay attention to such offense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 -

“If the men H4962 of my tent have not said,

‘Who can [fn]find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -

From men H4962 with Your hand, O Yahweh,

From men H4962 [fn]of the world, whose portion is in this life,

And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;

They are satisfied with children,

And leave their excess to their infants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 -

I do not sit with worthless men H4962,

And I will not go with [fn]pretenders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 -

When they were only a few H4962 men H4962 in number,

Of little account, and sojourners in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 -

Your men H4962 will fall by the sword

And your [fn]mighty ones in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 -

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;

And [fn]their honorable men H4962 are famished,

And their multitude is 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 H4962 of Israel;

I will help you,” declares Yahweh, “[fn]and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - ‘Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah [fn]few H4962 in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to sojourn there will know whose word will be established, Mine or theirs.
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