מוּת
to die
also: kill, have one executed fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘die’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘by conspiracy 2 K 11’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘of killing men in personal combat’
- Polel
- A stem of hollow/geminate roots functioning like the Piel — intensive active.
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Page 3 of 3 — showing verses 401–541 of 541 distinct verses where H4191 appears in the Qal stem, across 27 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles 20 verses
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 וַ/יָּ֨מָת֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them [to wife].
- 1 Chronicles 24:2 וַ/יָּ֨מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
- 1 Chronicles 29:28 וַ/יָּ֨מָת֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 13 verses
- 2 Chronicles 10:18 וַ/יָּמֹ֑ת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 13:20 וַ/יָּמֹֽת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and Yahweh struck him, and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 16:13 וַ/יָּ֕מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
- 2 Chronicles 18:34 וַ/יָּ֕מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The battle increased that day: however the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died.
- 2 Chronicles 21:19 וַ/יָּ֖מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. His people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 22:10 מֵ֣ת Qal pf 3ms Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 24:15 וַ/יָּמֹ֑ת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died.
- 2 Chronicles 24:22 וּ/כְ/מוֹת֣/וֹ conj + prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus Joash the king didn't remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. When he died, he said, Yahweh look on it, and require it.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 וַ/יָּמֹ֑ת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 25:4 הֵמִ֑ית יָמ֨וּתוּ יָמ֣וּתוּ יָמֽוּתוּ Hiphil pf 3ms Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3mp But he didn't put their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as Yahweh commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.
- 2 Chronicles 32:11 לָ/מ֛וּת prep + Qal inf.cs Does not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- 2 Chronicles 32:24 לָ/מ֑וּת prep + Qal inf.cs In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.
- 2 Chronicles 35:24 וַ/יָּ֕מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Job 13 verses
- Job 1:19 וַ/יָּמ֑וּתוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 2:9 וָ/מֻֽת conj + Qal impv 2ms Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die."
- Job 3:11 אָמ֑וּת Qal impf 1cs "Why didn't I die from the womb? Why didn't I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
- Job 4:21 יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ Qal impf 3mp Isn't their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
- Job 12:2 תָּמ֥וּת Qal impf 3fs "No doubt, but you are the people, And wisdom shall die with you.
- Job 14:8 יָמ֥וּת Qal impf 3ms Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;
- Job 14:10 יָ֭מוּת Qal impf 3ms But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
- Job 14:14 יָמ֥וּת Qal impf 3ms If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Until my release should come.
- Job 21:23 יָ֭מוּת Qal impf 3ms One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet.
- Job 21:25 יָ֭מוּת Qal impf 3ms Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
- Job 34:20 יָמֻתוּ֮ Qal impf 3mp In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
- Job 36:14 תָּמֹ֣ת Qal juss 3fs They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.
- Job 42:17 וַ/יָּ֣מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Job died, being old and full of days.
Psalms 10 verses
- Psalms 31:12 כְּ/מֵ֣ת prep + Qal ptcp.act ms I am forgotten from their hearts like a dead man. I am like broken pottery.
- Psalms 41:5 יָ֝מ֗וּת Qal impf 3ms My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"
- Psalms 49:10 יָמ֗וּתוּ Qal impf 3mp For he sees that wise men die; Likewise the fool and the senseless perish, And leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 82:7 תְּמוּת֑וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n Nevertheless you shall die like men, And fall like one of the rulers."
- Psalms 88:5 בַּ/מֵּתִ֗ים prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
- Psalms 88:10 הֲ/לַ/מֵּתִ֥ים ptcl inter + prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.
- Psalms 106:28 מֵתִֽים Qal ptcp.act mp They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Psalms 115:17 הַ֭/מֵּתִים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp The dead don't praise Yah, Neither any who go down into silence;
- Psalms 118:17 אָמ֥וּת Qal impf 1cs I will not die, but live, And declare Yah's works.
- Psalms 143:3 כְּ/מֵתֵ֥י prep + Qal ptcp.act mp cs For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
Proverbs 6 verses
- Proverbs 5:23 יָ֭מוּת Qal impf 3ms He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
- Proverbs 10:21 יָמֽוּתוּ Qal impf 3mp The lips of the righteous feed many, But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
- Proverbs 15:10 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way: Whoever hates reproof shall die.
- Proverbs 19:16 יומת יָמֽוּת Hophal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
- Proverbs 23:13 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
- Proverbs 30:7 אָמֽוּת Qal impf 1cs "Two things I have asked of you; Don't deny me before I die:
Ecclesiastes 7 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:16 יָמ֥וּת Qal impf 3ms For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 3:2 לָ/מ֑וּת prep + Qal inf.cs A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck up that which is planted;
- Ecclesiastes 4:2 הַ/מֵּתִ֖ים מֵ֑תוּ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Qal pf 3cp Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17 תָמ֖וּת Qal impf 2ms Don't be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 הַ/מֵּתִֽים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 הַ/מֵּֽת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 שֶׁ/יָּמֻ֑תוּ וְ/הַ/מֵּתִ֞ים ptcl rel + Qal impf 3mp conj + ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Isaiah 17 verses
- Isaiah 8:19 הַ/מֵּתִֽים ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp When they shall tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? on behalf of the living [should they consult] with the dead?
- Isaiah 22:2 מֵתֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs You that are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; your slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.
- Isaiah 22:13 נָמֽוּת Qal impf 1cp and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
- Isaiah 22:14 תְּמֻת֔וּ/ן Qal impf 2mp + sfx n Yahweh of Hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 22:18 תָמ֗וּת Qal impf 2ms He will surely wind you round and round, [and toss you] like a ball into a large country; there shall you die, and there shall be the chariots of your glory, you shame of your lord's house.
- Isaiah 26:14 מֵתִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
- Isaiah 26:19 מֵתֶ֔י/ךָ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Your dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
- Isaiah 37:36 מֵתִֽים Qal ptcp.act mp The angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Isaiah 38:1 לָ/מ֑וּת מֵ֥ת prep + Qal inf.cs Qal ptcp.act ms In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.
- Isaiah 50:2 וְ/תָמֹ֖ת conj + Qal impf 3fs Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
- Isaiah 51:6 יְמוּת֑וּ/ן Qal impf 3mp + sfx n Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Isaiah 51:12 יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
- Isaiah 51:14 יָמ֣וּת Qal impf 3ms The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
- Isaiah 59:5 יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
- Isaiah 59:10 כַּ/מֵּתִֽים prep det + Qal ptcp.act mp We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.
- Isaiah 65:20 יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
- Isaiah 66:24 תָמ֗וּת Qal impf 3fs They shall go forth, and look on the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.
Jeremiah 28 verses
- Jeremiah 11:21 תָמ֖וּת Qal impf 2ms Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahweh, that you not die by our hand;
- Jeremiah 11:22 יָמֻ֣תוּ יָמֻ֖תוּ Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3mp therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
- Jeremiah 16:4 יָמֻ֗תוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
- Jeremiah 16:6 וּ/מֵ֨תוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
- Jeremiah 16:7 מֵ֑ת Qal ptcp.act ms neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
- Jeremiah 20:6 תָּמוּת֙ Qal impf 2ms You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there shall you be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.
- Jeremiah 21:6 יָמֻֽתוּ Qal impf 3mp I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- Jeremiah 21:9 יָמ֕וּת Qal impf 3ms He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.
- Jeremiah 22:10 לְ/מֵ֔ת prep + Qal ptcp.act ms Don't you weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
- Jeremiah 22:12 יָמ֑וּת Qal impf 3ms But in the place where they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.
- Jeremiah 22:26 תָּמֽוּתוּ Qal impf 2mp I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there shall you die.
- Jeremiah 26:8 מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms It happened, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, You shall surely die.
- Jeremiah 27:13 תָמ֨וּתוּ֙ Qal impf 2mp Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
- Jeremiah 28:16 מֵ֔ת Qal ptcp.act ms Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 28:17 וַ/יָּ֛מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- Jeremiah 31:30 יָמ֑וּת Qal impf 3ms But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Jeremiah 34:4 תָמ֖וּת Qal impf 2ms Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not die by the sword;
- Jeremiah 34:5 תָּמ֗וּת Qal impf 2ms you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, [saying], Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 37:20 אָמ֖וּת Qal impf 1cs Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
- Jeremiah 38:2 יָמ֕וּת Qal impf 3ms Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
- Jeremiah 38:9 וַ/יָּ֤מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3ms My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
- Jeremiah 38:10 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
- Jeremiah 38:24 תָמֽוּת Qal impf 2ms Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
- Jeremiah 38:26 לָ/מ֥וּת prep + Qal inf.cs then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
- Jeremiah 42:16 תָּמֻֽתוּ Qal impf 2mp then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.
- Jeremiah 42:17 יָמ֕וּתוּ Qal impf 3mp So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there: they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them.
- Jeremiah 42:22 תָּמ֑וּתוּ Qal impf 2mp Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to sojourn there.
- Jeremiah 44:12 יָמֻ֑תוּ Qal impf 3mp I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, [and] an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 34 verses
- Ezekiel 3:18 מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת יָמ֔וּת Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 3ms When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 3:19 יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
- Ezekiel 3:20 יָמ֑וּת יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 5:12 יָמ֗וּתוּ Qal impf 3mp A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of you; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and a third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
- Ezekiel 6:12 יָמ֗וּת יָמ֑וּת Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms He who is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath on them.
- Ezekiel 7:15 יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
- Ezekiel 11:13 מֵ֑ת Qal pf 3ms It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
- Ezekiel 12:13 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
- Ezekiel 13:19 לְ/הָמִ֤ית תְמוּתֶ֔נָה prep + Hiphil inf.cs Qal impf 3fp You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.
- Ezekiel 17:16 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
- Ezekiel 18:4 תָמֽוּת Qal impf 3fs Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins, he shall die.
- Ezekiel 18:13 מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֔ת Qal inf.abs Hophal impf 3ms has given forth on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
- Ezekiel 18:17 יָמ֛וּת Qal impf 3ms who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 18:18 מֵ֖ת Qal pf 3ms As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
- Ezekiel 18:20 תָמ֑וּת Qal impf 3fs The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
- Ezekiel 18:21 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Ezekiel 18:24 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
- Ezekiel 18:26 וּ/מֵ֣ת יָמֽוּת conj + Qal wpf 3ms Qal impf 3ms When the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies therein; in his iniquity that he has done shall he die.
- Ezekiel 18:28 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Ezekiel 18:31 תָמֻ֖תוּ Qal impf 2mp Cast away from you all your transgressions, in which you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 18:32 הַ/מֵּ֔ת ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
- Ezekiel 24:17 מֵתִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.
- Ezekiel 24:18 וַ/תָּ֥מָת conj + Qal wimpf 3fs So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
- Ezekiel 28:8 וָ/מַ֛תָּה conj + Qal wpf 2ms They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
- Ezekiel 28:10 תָּמ֖וּת Qal impf 2ms You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 33:8 מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת יָמ֔וּת Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms Qal impf 3ms When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 33:9 יָמ֔וּת Qal impf 3ms Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
- Ezekiel 33:11 תָמ֖וּתוּ Qal impf 2mp Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 33:13 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms When I tell the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his righteousness, and commit iniquity, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity that he has committed, therein shall he die.
- Ezekiel 33:14 מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
- Ezekiel 33:15 יָמֽוּת Qal impf 3ms if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Ezekiel 33:18 וּ/מֵ֖ת conj + Qal wpf 3ms When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die therein.
- Ezekiel 33:27 יָמֽוּתוּ Qal impf 3mp Thus shall you tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword; and him who is in the open field will I give to the animals to be devoured; and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.
- Ezekiel 44:25 מֵ֣ת Qal ptcp.act ms cs They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
Hosea 1 verse
Amos 5 verses
- Amos 2:2 וּ/מֵ֤ת conj + Qal wpf 3ms But I will send a fire on Moab, And it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; And Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
- Amos 6:9 וָ/מֵֽתוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, That they shall die.
- Amos 7:11 יָמ֣וּת Qal impf 3ms For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
- Amos 7:17 תָּמ֔וּת Qal impf 2ms Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
- Amos 9:10 יָמ֔וּתוּ Qal impf 3mp All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'
Jonah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
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The Hebrew verb מות centers on the idea of “to die.” Where the King James Version keeps “slay,” modern versions use “died” — see the renderings breakdown. It appears 695 verses across 28 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 2:17. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 4 stems, among them Qal and Hiphil. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4191 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 695
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 695 distinct verses.
- 28 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 28 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #54
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 54 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 695 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 353 verses · 51%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 242 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 100 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Died 97×, Die 57×, Dead 49×
- American Standard Version: Died 97×, Die 48×, Dead 37×
- Berean Standard Bible: Died 98×, Die 65×, Dead 44×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Died 97×, Die 85×, He died 57×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4191 across 833 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 174 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4191 across 831 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 227 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4191 across 771 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 141 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 69 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4191 across 995 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 112 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
25 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 25 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. מֵת Gn 42:38 +; 3 fs. מֵ֫תָה Gn 35:18 +; 2 ms. מַתָּה Ez 28:8; 1 s. וָמַ֑תִּי Gn 19:19; 3 mpl. מֵ֫תוּ Gn 7:22 +; 1 pl. מַתְנוּ Nu 14:2 2 K 7:4; מָ֑תְנוּ Nu 14:9 +; Impf. יָמוּת Gn 38:11 +; יָמֹ֑ת Dt 33:6 +; וַיָּ֫מָת Gn 11:28 +; 1 s. אָמוּת Gn 26:9 +; אָמֻת 2 S 19:38; אָמוּ֫תָה Gn 46:30; 3 mpl. יָמ֫וּתוּ 1 S 2:23 +; יְמֻתוּן Nu 16:29; 3 fpl. תְּמוּתֶ֫נָה Ez 13:19 (Ges§ 72, 5) +; Imv. מֻת Dt 32:50 Jb 2:9; Inf. abs. מוֹת Gn 2:17 +; cstr. מוּת Gn 25:32 +; sf. מוּתִי 2 S 19:1; מֻתָן 2 S 20:3, etc.; Pt. מֵת Gn 20:3 +; sf. מֵתִי Gn 23:4 +; fs. מֵתָה Gn 30:1 Zc 11:9; pl. מֵתִים Ex 12:33 +; cstr. מֵתֵי Is 22:2 +; sf. מֵתֶיךָ Is 26:19;— e.g. Genesis 42:38
- 1. die, of natural or other causes:
- a. (1) of man, †וַיִּגְוַע וַיָּמָת and he expired and died Gn 25:8 (+ בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה, v. infr.), v 17 35:29 (P); †וַיָּמָת וַיִּקָּבֵר Ju 10:2, 5; 8:32; 12:7, 10, 12, 15 2 S 17:23; †וימת וימלך תַּחְתָּיו and he died and—reigned in his stead Gn 36:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 (P), 2 S 10:1 = 1 Ch 19:1, 2 K 1:17; 8:15; 13:24 1 Ch 1:44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50; וימת בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה and he died in a good old age 1 Ch 29:28 (+ Gn 25:8, v. supr.); as the result of smiting הכה Ex 21:18, 20, 22 (E); + במלחמה Dt 20:5, 6, 7 2 S 19:11; בַּחֶרֶב Je 11:22; ברעב v 22; מפני הרעב 38:9; בְּדֶבֶר 21:6; באבן Nu 35:17, 23 (P); †בַּמַּגֵּפָה Nu 14:37; 17:14; 25:9 (P). (2) fig. of wisdom, עִמָּכֶם תָּמוּת חָכְמָה Jb 12:2; of courage, וַיָּמָת לִבּוֹ בְּקִרְבּוֹ and his heart died within him 1 S 25:37.—2 S 2:31 del. מֵ֑תוּ We Dr Kit Bu, cf. 𝔊. e.g. Genesis 25:8
- b. of animals Lv 11:39; cattle Gn 33:13 (J), fish Ex 7:18 (E), frogs Ex 8:9 (J), lion Ec 9:4, worm Is 66:24; כֶּלֶב מֵת, dead dog (in proverb) 1 S 24:15 2 S 9:8; 16:9. e.g. Leviticus 11:39
- c. a tree Jb 14:8. e.g. Job 14:8
- d. זִבְחֵי מֵתִים ψ 106:28 sacrifices to the dead (idols). e.g. Psalms 106:28
- 2. die as a penalty = be put to death:
- a. by human authority Gn 42:20 Ex 10:28; 21:14 (E), Gn 44:9 Jos 2:14 (J), Lv 20:20 (H), Nu 35:12, 30(×2) (P), especially D, Dt 17:5, 6; 18:20; 19:12; 22:22, 25; 24:7 Ju 6:30 1 S 14:43, 45(×2); 2 Sa 19:24 Je 38:24; מות יָמוּת, die = be put to a violent death (> AV RV surely die), 1 S 14:39, 44; 22:16; 1 K 2:37, 42 (all Judaic), Je 26:8, all of capital punishment; 2 K 8:10 (Ephr.) of assassination; מוֹת יוּמַת be put to a violent death, in the codes of Ex 21:12, 15, 16, 17; 22:18 (E), Lv 20:2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27; 24:16, 17 (H), Ex 31:14, 15 Nu 15:35; 35:16, 17, 18, 21, 31 Lv 27:29 (P; never in D; D uses verb, either Qal or Hiph., without inf. abs.); it is used in narratives Gn 26:11(J), Ex 19:12 (E), Ju 21:5. מ׳ is preceded by רגם Nu 15:36 (P), Dt 21:21 1 K 12:18 = 2 Ch 10:18, 1 K 21:13; סקל Dt 13:11 17:5; 22:21, 24 1 K 21:10, 13, 14, 15; פגע 1 K 2:25, 46; רמס 2 K 7:17, 20; בְּיַד גֹּאֵל Jos 20:9 (P). e.g. Genesis 42:20
- b. inflicted by God, Gn 20:3, 7; Jos 10:11 (E), Gn 3:3; 38:11; Ex 11:5; 12:33 (J), 28:35; 30:20(×2) Lv 8:35; 10:2, 6, 7, 9; 16:1, 2, 13 Nu 3:4; 4:19, 20; 14:35; 17:14, 25, 28; 18:3, 32; 26:11, 61 (P), Dt 5:22(×2); 18:16 Ju 6:23 1 S 5:12; 12:19; 25:17, 38, 39; 2 S 6:7; 12:13; 1 K 19:4; 2 K 14:6 = 2 Ch 25:4, 1 Ch 24:2; 2 Ch 13:20; 2 K 19:35 = Is 37:36, Ez 3:20; 18:4, 20, 21, 28; 33:15; מוֹת יָמוּת Gn 2:17; 3:4 (J), 20:7 (E), Ju 13:21, 22; 2 S 12:14; 14:14; 2 K 1:4, 6, 16 (all Judaic), Nu 26:65 (P), Ez 3:18; 33:8, 14; מוֹת יוּמַת 18:13, ביד יהוה Ex 16:3 (P); בחטא Lv 22:9 (H), Nu 27:3 (P), 2 K 14:6 = 2 Ch 25:4; לשׂאת חטא למות Nu 18:22 (P); בחטאת Ez 3:20; 18:24; בטמאה Lv 15:21 (P); בעון Je 31:30; Ez 3:18, 19; 18:17, 18; 33:8, 9; לא ישׂאו עון ומתו Ex 28:43 Nu 4:15 (P); בעול Ez 18:26; 33:13, 18; על עול 18:26; במעל 1 Ch 10:13. e.g. Genesis 20:3
- c. die, perish, of a nation by divine judgment, Moab Am 2:2, Ephraim Ho 13:1; בית ישׂראל Ez 18:31; 33:1. e.g. Amos 2:2
- d. die prematurely, by neglect of wise moral conduct Pr 5:23; 10:21; 15:10; 19:16; 23:13; Ec 7:17.— e.g. Proverbs 5:23
- On (לַבֵּן) עַל־מוּת ψ 9:1; 48:15 v. עַלְמָה sub II. עלם. e.g. Psalms 9:1
Poʿlel
- Pf. ms. sf. מוֹתְתַנִי Je 20:17; 1 s. מֹתַתִּי 2 S 1:16; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְמֹתְתֵהוּ 1 S 17:51; 3 fs. תְּמוֹתֵת ψ 34:22; 1 s. sf. אֲמֹתְתֵהוּ 2 S 1:10; Imv. sf. מוֹתְתֵנִי Ju 9:54; מֹתְתֵנִי 2 S 1:9; inf. מוֹתֵת ψ 109:16; Pt. מְמוֹתֵת 1 S 14:13;—kill, put to death, despatch (intens.), abs. 1 S 14:13, elsewhere c. acc. Ju 9:54; 1 S 17:51; 2 S 1:9, 10, 16; Je 20:17; ψ 34:22; 109:16. e.g. Jeremiah 20:17
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הֵמִית Ju 16:30 +; sf. וֶהֱמִתָ֑נִי 2 S 14:32; הֱמִיתָם Je 41:8; 3 fs. sf. הֱמִיתָ֑תְהוּ 2 Ch 22:11; 2 ms. הֵמַתָּה Nu 14:15; 1 s. sf. הֲמִיתִּיו (read הֲמִתִּיו) 1 S 17:35; 3 mpl. הֵמִיתוּ 1 S 30:2 +, etc.; Impf. יָמִית Nu 35:19 +; וַיָּ֫מֶת Gn 38:10 +; sf. יְמִיתֵהוּ 1 K 13:24 +; יְמִתֶנּוּ Nu 35:19 +; Imv. sf. הֲמִיתֵנִי 1 S 20:8; pl. הָמִיתוּ 1 S 22:17; Inf. abs. הָמֵת 2 K 11:15 +; cstr. הָמִית Lv 20:4 +; Pt. מֵמִית 1 S 2:6; pl. מְמִיתִים 2 K 17:26; מְמִתִים Je 26:15 Jb 33:22;—kill, put to death: e.g. Judges 16:30
- 1. abs. Jb 9:23, elsewhere c. acc., subj. man, e.g. Job 9:23
- a. of killing men in personal combat, or in war, often preceded by הכּה smite Jos 10:26; 11:17; 17:50 +; of destroying a city 2 S 20:19 (‖ השׁחית v 20). e.g. Joshua 10:26
- b. by authority, espec. in capital punishment Ex 1:16 (E), Lv 20:4 (H), Nu 35:19(×2), 21 (P), Dt 13:10; 17:7 Ju 20:13 1 S 11:12; 28:9 2 S 14:7, 32; 21:4 1 K 2:26, 34; 11:40; 19:17(×2) 2 K 14:6 = 2 Ch 25:4; Is 11:4; Je 26:15, 21, 24; 38:15, 16, 25; Est 4:11; בַּחֶרֶב 1 K 1:51; 2:8; 2 K 11:20 = 2 Ch 23:21; הָמֵת יָמִית Ju 15:13 1 K 3:26, 27; Je 26:19; 38:15. e.g. Exodus 1:16
- 2. subj. God, by inflicting penalty, abs. Dt 32:39; 1 S 2:6; 2 K 5:7, elsewhere c. acc. Gn 18:25; 38:7, 10; Ex 4:24; Nu 14:15 (J), Dt 9:28; Ju 13:23; 1 S 2:25; 5:10, 11; 1 Ch 2:3; 10:14; Is 65:15; Ho 9:16; ברעב Is 14:30; בצמא Ho 2:5; of killing fish ψ 105:29; מְמִיתִים Jb 33:22 executioners, angels of death. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:39
- 3. of animals killing men, e.g. ox Ex 21:29 (E), lion 1 K 13:24, 26; 2 K 17:26. e.g. Exodus 21:29
- 4. bring to a premature death Pr 19:18; 21:25. e.g. Proverbs 19:18
Hophal
- Pf. הוּמָ֑ת 2 K 11:2 +; 3 mpl. הֻמְתוּ 2 S 21:9; Impf. יוּמַת Lv 20:10 +; יוּמָ֑ת Gn 26:11 +; Pt. מוּמָת 1 S 19:11, pl. מוּמָתִים 2 K 11:2 (Qr), 2 Ch 22:11;—be killed, put to death: e.g. 2 Kings 11:2
- 1. by conspiracy 2 K 11:2, 2 = 2 Ch 22:11, 2 K 11:8, 15, 16 2 Ch 23:7, 14. e.g. 2 Kings 11:2
- 2. by capital punishment Ex 21:29 (E), 35:2 Nu 1:51; 3;10, 38; 18:7 (P), Lv 19:20; 24:16, 21 (H), Dt 13:6; 17:6(×2); 21:22; 24:16(×3) = 2 K 14:6(×3), Jos 1:18 (all D) Ju 6:31; 1 S 11:13; 19:6, 11; 20:32; 2 S 19:22, 23; 21:9; 1 K 2:24; 2 Ch 15:13; Je 38:4, and the phrase מוֹת יוּמת (see Qal 2 a). e.g. Exodus 21:29
- 3. by divine infliction, in the phrase מות יוּמת (see Qal 2 b).
- 4. die prematurely Pr 19:16. e.g. Proverbs 19:16
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. die (NH id. (rare); Assyrian mâtu DlHWB 395, Arabic مَاتَ, Ethiopic ሞተ, Aramaic מוּת, מִית, ܡܺܝܬ; Nab. מות EutNab 14, 6; Zinj. מת DHMSendsch.Gloss.);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מוֹת
- (b. h.) to die. Gitt. VII, 3, a. fr. אם מַתִּי if I should die. Gen. R. s. 9 (play on מְאֹד, Gen. I, 31) והנה טזב מוֹת behold, it is good to die.—Kidd. 72ᵇ כשמֵת ר׳ וכ׳ when R … died. M. Kat. 28ᵃ מת פתאום if one dies suddenly. Sabb. 55ᵇ בחטאם מֵתוּ died for their sin. Tam. 32ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) מה יעביד אינש ויָמוֹת וכ׳ what must man do in order to die? Let him feed himself, v. הָיָה. Shebu. 18ᵃ, v. וָטוּב; a. v. fr.—V. מֵת. e.g. Genesis 1:31
- to put to death; to cause death. Snh. 53ᵃ אם אי אתה יכול לַהֲמִיתוֹ … שאתה מֵמִיתוֹ וכ׳ that if you cannot put him to death in the manner legally prescribed, you must execute judgment by whatever means you can. Ib. 56ᵇ דברים … מְמִיתִין עליהן acts on which a Jewish court passes a sentence of death. Tam. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) מה יעבד אינש … יָמִית עצמו what must man do in order to live?… Let him starve himself (his appetites). Ber. 63ᵇ אין ד"ת … שממית עצמו עליה the words of the Law remain only with him who kills himself (denies himself all enjoyments) for its sake (with play on Num. XIX, 14); a. v. fr. e.g. Numbers 19:14
- to be put to death. Keth. 37ᵇ מוּמָתִין בסייף those put to death by the sword. Snh. 55ᵇ מומתין על ידה are put to death on her account; a. fr.
מוּת
- v. מִית
מָוֶת
- preced.) death. Ab. II, 4 אל … עד יום מוֹתְךָ do not trust thyself (that thou wilt not sin) until thy dying day; Ber. 29ᵃ. Ib. 17ᵃ סוף אדם לַמָּ׳ man’s final destiny in death; a. v. fr.—מלאך המ׳ (abbrev. מה"מ) the angel of death. Ab. Zar. 5ᵃ. Gen. R. s. 9 והנה טוב מאד זה מה"מ ‘and behold, it was very good’ (Gen. I, 31) this refers to the angel of death; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 1:31
מוֹת ²
- Targ. Ex. X, 17. Targ. Jer. XI, 19 סמא דמ׳ poison; a. fr.—Targ. Y. Gen. XXXV, 18 fem.—Sabb. 88ᵇ סמא דמ׳, v. supra; Yoma 72ᵇ.—Yeb. 63ᵃ מידי דקשי ממ׳ something harder than death. M. Kat. 28ᵇ, v. חֲבוּלְיָא; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 372 distinct written forms H4191 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 312 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4191, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 672 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 695 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:17
- Exodus 1:6
- Leviticus 8:35
- Numbers 1:51
- Deuteronomy 2:16
- Joshua 1:2
- Judges 1:7
- Ruth 1:3
- 1 Samuel 2:6
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 1 Kings 1:51
- 2 Kings 1:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
