מַי
water
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- 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.
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).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 477 times (82%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 104 times (18%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 582 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 3 — showing verses 201–400 of 525 distinct verses where H4325 appears, across 33 books. 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.
Judges 11 verses
- Judges 1:15 מָ֑יִם n c mp She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
- Judges 4:19 מַ֖יִם n c mp He said to her, Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
- Judges 5:4 מָֽיִם n c mp Yahweh, when you went forth out of Seir, When you marched out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the sky also dropped, Yes, the clouds dropped water.
- Judges 5:19 מֵ֣י n c mp cs The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: They took no gain of money.
- Judges 5:25 מַ֥יִם n c mp He asked water, [and] she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
- Judges 6:38 מָֽיִם n c mp It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
- Judges 7:4 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I tell you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whoever I tell you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go.
- Judges 7:5 הַ/מָּ֑יִם הַ/מַּ֜יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp So he brought down the people to the water: and Yahweh said to Gideon, Everyone who laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.
- Judges 7:6 מָֽיִם n c mp The number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water.
- Judges 7:24 הַ/מַּ֔יִם הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill-country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against Midian, and take before them the waters, as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and took the waters as far as Beth Barah, even the Jordan.
- Judges 15:19 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore the name of it was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
1 Samuel 8 verses
- 1 Samuel 7:6 מַ֜יִם n c mp They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Yahweh. Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 9:11 מָ֑יִם n c mp As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
- 1 Samuel 25:11 מֵימַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don't know where they come from?
- 1 Samuel 26:11 הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
- 1 Samuel 26:12 הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they got them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.
- 1 Samuel 26:16 הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp This thing isn't good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh's anointed. Now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.
- 1 Samuel 30:11 מָֽיִם n c mp They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
- 1 Samuel 30:12 מַ֔יִם n c mp They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
2 Samuel 10 verses
- 2 Samuel 5:20 מָ֑יִם n c mp David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
- 2 Samuel 12:27 הַ/מָּֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah; yes, I have taken the city of waters.
- 2 Samuel 14:14 וְ/כַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ conj + prep det + n c mp For we must needs die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 17:21 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David; and they said to David, Arise you, and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.
- 2 Samuel 21:10 מַ֥יִם n c mp Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 22:12 מַ֖יִם n c mp He made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- 2 Samuel 22:17 מִ/מַּ֥יִם prep + n c mp He sent from on high, he took me; He drew me out of many waters;
- 2 Samuel 23:15 מַ֔יִם n c mp David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 2 Samuel 23:16 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp The three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
1 Kings 17 verses
- 1 Kings 13:8 מַּ֔יִם n c mp The man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place;
- 1 Kings 13:9 מָּ֑יִם n c mp for so was it charged me by the word of Yahweh, saying, You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.
- 1 Kings 13:16 מַ֔יִם n c mp He said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:
- 1 Kings 13:17 מָ֑יִם n c mp for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
- 1 Kings 13:18 מָ֑יִם n c mp He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
- 1 Kings 13:19 מָֽיִם n c mp So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- 1 Kings 13:22 מַ֔יִם מָ֑יִם n c mp n c mp but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
- 1 Kings 14:15 בַּ/מַּיִם֒ prep det + n c mp For Yahweh will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and he will root up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking Yahweh to anger.
- 1 Kings 17:10 מַ֛יִם n c mp So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
- 1 Kings 18:4 וָ/מָֽיִם conj + n c mp for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:5 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
- 1 Kings 18:13 וָ/מָֽיִם conj + n c mp Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kings 18:33 מַ֔יִם n c mp He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 18:35 הַ/מַּ֔יִם מָֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
- 1 Kings 18:38 הַ/מַּ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
- 1 Kings 19:6 מָ֑יִם n c mp He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
- 1 Kings 22:27 וּ/מַ֣יִם conj + n c mp and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
2 Kings 20 verses
- 2 Kings 2:8 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.
- 2 Kings 2:14 הַ/מַּ֔יִם הַ/מַּ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah? and when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.
- 2 Kings 2:19 וְ/הַ/מַּ֥יִם conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp The men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, we pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.
- 2 Kings 2:21 הַ/מַּ֔יִם לַ/מַּ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp prep det + n c mp He went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus says Yahweh, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.
- 2 Kings 2:22 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
- 2 Kings 3:9 מַ֧יִם n c mp So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.
- 2 Kings 3:11 מַ֖יִם n c mp But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 2 Kings 3:17 מָ֑יִם n c mp For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.
- 2 Kings 3:19 מַ֖יִם n c mp You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
- 2 Kings 3:20 מַ֥יִם הַ/מָּֽיִם n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 3:22 הַ/מָּ֑יִם הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp ptcl def.art + n c mp They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood:
- 2 Kings 3:25 מַ֤יִם n c mp They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
- 2 Kings 5:12 מֵימֵ֣י n c mp cs Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
- 2 Kings 6:5 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
- 2 Kings 6:22 וָ/מַ֜יִם conj + n c mp He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
- 2 Kings 8:15 בַּ/מַּ֔יִם prep det + n c mp It happened on the next day, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 18:27 מימֵ֥י n c mp cs But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
- 2 Kings 18:31 מֵֽי n c mp cs Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;
- 2 Kings 19:24 מַ֣יִם n c mp I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
- 2 Kings 20:20 הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 11:17 מַ֔יִם n c mp David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- 1 Chronicles 11:18 מַ֨יִם֙ n c mp The three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh,
- 1 Chronicles 14:11 מָ֑יִם n c mp So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 18:26 וּ/מַ֣יִם conj + n c mp and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 32:3 מֵימֵ֣י n c mp cs he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the springs which were outside of the city; and they helped him.
- 2 Chronicles 32:4 מַ֥יִם n c mp So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 מֵימֵ֤י n c mp cs This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 10 verses
- Nehemiah 3:26 הַ/מַּ֨יִם֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp (Now the Nethinim lived in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
- Nehemiah 4:23 הַ/מָּֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
- Nehemiah 8:1 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:3 הַ/מַּ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp He read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 8:16 הַ/מַּ֔יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
- Nehemiah 9:11 בְּ/מַ֥יִם prep + n c mp You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
- Nehemiah 9:15 וּ/מַ֗יִם conj + n c mp and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded those who they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
- Nehemiah 9:20 וּ/מַ֛יִם conj + n c mp You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn't withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
- Nehemiah 12:37 הַ/מַּ֖יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward.
- Nehemiah 13:2 וּ/בַ/מָּ֑יִם conj + prep det + n c mp because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Job 25 verses
- Job 3:24 כַ֝/מַּ֗יִם prep det + n c mp For my sighing comes before I eat, My groanings are poured out like water.
- Job 5:10 מַ֝יִם n c mp Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;
- Job 8:11 מָֽיִם n c mp "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
- Job 9:30 בְ/מֵי prep + n c mp cs If I wash myself with snow, And cleanse my hands with lye,
- Job 11:16 כְּ/מַ֖יִם prep + n c mp For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,
- Job 12:15 בַּ/מַּ֣יִם prep det + n c mp Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
- Job 14:9 מַ֣יִם n c mp Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
- Job 14:11 מַ֭יִם n c mp As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up,
- Job 14:19 מַ֗יִם n c mp The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.
- Job 15:16 כַ/מַּ֣יִם prep det + n c mp How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, A man who drinks iniquity like water!
- Job 22:7 מַ֭יִם n c mp You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- Job 22:11 מַ֥יִם n c mp Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Job 24:18 מַ֗יִם n c mp "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
- Job 24:19 מֵֽימֵי n c mp cs Drought and heat consume the snow waters; So does Sheol those who have sinned.
- Job 26:5 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp "Those who are deceased tremble, Those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
- Job 26:8 מַ֥יִם n c mp He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
- Job 26:10 מָ֑יִם n c mp He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, And to the confines of light and darkness.
- Job 27:20 כַ֭/מַּיִם prep det + n c mp Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.
- Job 28:25 וּ֝/מַ֗יִם conj + n c mp He establishes the force of the wind; Yes, he measures out the waters by measure.
- Job 29:19 מָ֑יִם n c mp My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch;
- Job 34:7 כַּ/מָּֽיִם prep det + n c mp What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,
- Job 36:27 מָ֑יִם n c mp For he draws up the drops of water, Which distill in rain from his vapor,
- Job 37:10 מַ֣יִם n c mp By the breath of God, ice is given, And the breadth of the waters is frozen.
- Job 38:30 מַ֣יִם n c mp The waters become hard like stone, When the surface of the deep is frozen.
- Job 38:34 מַ֥יִם n c mp "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?
Psalms 49 verses
- Psalms 1:3 מָ֥יִם n c mp He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Psalms 18:11 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
- Psalms 18:15 מַ֗יִם n c mp Then the channels of waters appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, At the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
- Psalms 18:16 מִ/מַּ֥יִם prep + n c mp He sent from on high. He took me. He drew me out of many waters.
- Psalms 22:14 כַּ/מַּ֥יִם prep det + n c mp I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
- Psalms 23:2 מֵ֖י n c mp cs He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- Psalms 29:3 הַ֫/מָּ֥יִם מַ֥יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp n c mp Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
- Psalms 32:6 מַ֣יִם n c mp For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
- Psalms 33:7 מֵ֣י n c mp cs He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
- Psalms 42:1 מָ֑יִם n c mp As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants after you, God.
- Psalms 46:3 מֵימָ֑י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Though the waters of it roar and are troubled, Though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.
- Psalms 58:7 מַ֭יִם n c mp Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
- Psalms 63:1 מָֽיִם n c mp God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, My flesh longs for you, In a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Psalms 65:9 מָ֑יִם n c mp You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
- Psalms 66:12 וּ/בַ/מַּ֑יִם conj + prep det + n c mp You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, But you brought us to the place of abundance.
- Psalms 69:1 מַ֣יִם n c mp Save me, God, For the waters have come up to my neck!
- Psalms 69:2 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 69:14 מָֽיִם n c mp Deliver me out of the mire, and don't let me sink. Let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters.
- Psalms 69:15 מַ֭יִם n c mp Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, Neither let the deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me.
- Psalms 73:10 וּ/מֵ֥י conj + n c mp cs Therefore their people return to them, And they drink up waters of abundance.
- Psalms 74:13 הַ/מָּֽיִם ptcl def.art + n c mp You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
- Psalms 77:16 מַּ֨יִם מַּ֣יִם n c mp n c mp The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
- Psalms 77:17 מַ֨יִם n c mp The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
- Psalms 77:19 בְּ/מַ֣יִם prep + n c mp Your way was through the sea; Your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Psalms 78:13 מַ֥יִם n c mp He split the sea, and caused them to pass through; He made the waters stand as a heap.
- Psalms 78:16 מָֽיִם n c mp He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.
- Psalms 78:20 מַיִם֮ n c mp Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, Streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"
- Psalms 79:3 כַּ/מַּ֗יִם prep det + n c mp Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
- Psalms 81:7 מֵ֖י n c mp cs You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.
- Psalms 88:17 כַ֭/מַּיִם prep det + n c mp They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
- Psalms 93:4 מַ֤יִם n c mp Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Yahweh on high is mighty.
- Psalms 104:3 בַ/מַּ֗יִם prep det + n c mp He lays the beams of his chambers in the waters. He makes the clouds his chariot. He walks on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 104:6 מָֽיִם n c mp You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
- Psalms 105:29 מֵימֵי/הֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp He turned their waters into blood, And killed their fish.
- Psalms 105:41 מָ֑יִם n c mp He opened the rock, and waters gushed out. They ran as a river in the dry places.
- Psalms 106:11 מַ֥יִם n c mp The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
- Psalms 106:32 מֵ֥י n c mp cs They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that Moses was troubled for their sakes;
- Psalms 107:23 בְּ/מַ֣יִם prep + n c mp Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business in great waters;
- Psalms 107:33 מַ֝֗יִם n c mp He turns rivers into a desert, Water springs into a thirsty ground,
- Psalms 107:35 מַ֑יִם מָֽיִם n c mp n c mp He turns a desert into a pool of water, And a dry land into water springs.
- Psalms 109:18 כַ/מַּ֣יִם prep det + n c mp He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.
- Psalms 114:8 מָ֑יִם מָֽיִם n c mp n c mp Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a spring of waters.
- Psalms 119:136 מַ֭יִם n c mp Streams of tears run down my eyes, Because they don't observe your law.
- Psalms 124:4 הַ/מַּ֣יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the waters would have overwhelmed us, The stream would have gone over our soul;
- Psalms 124:5 הַ֝/מַּ֗יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp Then the proud waters would have gone over our soul.
- Psalms 136:6 הַ/מָּ֑יִם ptcl def.art + n c mp To him who spread out the earth above the waters; For his loving kindness endures forever:
- Psalms 144:7 מִ/מַּ֣יִם prep + n c mp Stretch out your hand from above, Rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hands of foreigners;
- Psalms 147:18 מָֽיִם n c mp He sends out his word, and melts them. He causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- Psalms 148:4 וְ֝/הַ/מַּ֗יִם conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
Proverbs 14 verses
- Proverbs 5:15 מַ֥יִם n c mp Drink water out of your own cistern, Running water out of your own well.
- Proverbs 5:16 מָֽיִם n c mp Should your springs overflow in the streets, Streams of water in the public squares?
- Proverbs 8:24 מָֽיִם n c mp When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
- Proverbs 8:29 וּ֭/מַיִם conj + n c mp When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;
- Proverbs 9:17 מַֽיִם n c mp "Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant."
- Proverbs 17:14 מַ֭יִם n c mp The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, Therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.
- Proverbs 18:4 מַ֣יִם n c mp The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
- Proverbs 20:5 מַ֣יִם n c mp Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.
- Proverbs 21:1 מַ֣יִם n c mp The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
- Proverbs 25:21 מָֽיִם n c mp If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
- Proverbs 25:25 מַ֣יִם n c mp Like cold water to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.
- Proverbs 27:19 כַּ֭/מַּיִם prep det + n c mp As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man.
- Proverbs 30:4 מַ֨יִם n c mp Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
- Proverbs 30:16 מַּ֑יִם n c mp Sheol, The barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
Song of Solomon 3 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:15 מַ֣יִם n c mp A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, Flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved
- Song of Solomon 5:12 מָ֑יִם n c mp His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, Washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
- Song of Solomon 8:7 מַ֣יִם n c mp Many waters can't quench love, Neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, He would be utterly scorned. Friends
Isaiah 53 verses
- Isaiah 1:22 בַּ/מָּֽיִם prep det + n c mp Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.
- Isaiah 1:30 מַ֖יִם n c mp For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.
- Isaiah 3:1 מָֽיִם n c mp For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water;
- Isaiah 8:6 מֵ֣י n c mp cs Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
- Isaiah 8:7 מֵ֣י n c mp cs now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;
- Isaiah 11:9 כַּ/מַּ֖יִם prep det + n c mp They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 12:3 מַ֖יִם n c mp Therefore with joy you shall draw water out of the wells of salvation.
- Isaiah 14:23 מָ֑יִם n c mp I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 15:6 מֵ֥י n c mp cs For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass fails, there is no green thing.
- Isaiah 15:9 מֵ֤י n c mp cs For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on them of Moab that escape, and on the remnant of the land.
- Isaiah 17:12 מַ֥יִם n c mp Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
- Isaiah 17:13 מַ֤יִם n c mp The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
- Isaiah 18:2 מַיִם֒ n c mp that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, [saying], Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!
- Isaiah 19:5 מַ֖יִם n c mp The waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
- Isaiah 19:8 מַ֖יִם n c mp The fishermen shall lament, and all those who cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters shall languish.
- Isaiah 21:14 מָ֑יִם n c mp To him who was thirsty they brought water; the inhabitants of the land of Tema did meet the fugitives with their bread.
- Isaiah 22:9 מֵ֥י n c mp cs You saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool;
- Isaiah 22:11 לְ/מֵ֖י prep + n c mp cs you made also a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool. But you didn't look to him who had done this, neither did you have respect for him who purposed it long ago.
- Isaiah 23:3 וּ/בְ/מַ֤יִם conj + prep + n c mp On great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the market of nations.
- Isaiah 28:2 מַ֣יִם n c mp Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand.
- Isaiah 28:17 מַ֖יִם n c mp I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
- Isaiah 30:14 מַ֖יִם n c mp He shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces of it a broken piece with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
- Isaiah 30:20 וּ/מַ֣יִם conj + n c mp Though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be hidden anymore, but your eyes shall see your teachers;
About this entry
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מים (mayim) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “water.” Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. With 525 verses in 33 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:2. It clusters with מידבא, מי הירקון and מי זהב under a shared root. 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 H4325 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 →
- 525
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 525 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #85
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 85 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 525 occurrences in the concordance →
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 525 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 226 verses · 43%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 180 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 119 verses · 23%
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: Water 252×, Waters 224×, Himself in water 12×
- American Standard Version: Water 224×, Waters 204×, Himself in water 13×
- Berean Standard Bible: Water 292×, Waters 162×, Like water 14×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Water 286×, Waters 175×, Waters of 51×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4325 across 578 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 59 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 4 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4325 across 575 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 97 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 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4325 across 532 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 48 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 43 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4325 across 606 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 22 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
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.
- 1.
- a. water, of a spring or well (עַיִן, בְּאֵר) Gn 16:7; 24:11, 13(×2), 43 Ex 15:27(×2) (J), Gn 21:19, 25 Nu 20:17; 21:16 (E), etc.; for drinking, also Am 4:8; 8:11 Jon 3:7 + often; out of rock Ex 17:6 (E), Nu 20:8(×2), 10, 11 (P), Dt 8:15 etc.; מֵי מְרִיבָה (RSSem. i. 165. 2nd ed. 181) Nu 20:13, 24; 27:14 (P), Dt 33:8 ψ 81:8 106:32; cf. Dt 32:51 Ez 47:19; 48:28; for washing (hands, feet, person) Gn 18:4; 24:32; 43:24 (J), 2 K 3:11, Ex 29:4; 30:20 Lv 15:5, 6 + (P); (victims) Lv 1:9, 13; 8:21 (P); (vessels) Lv 6:21; 11:32, 34 (P); (garments) Lv 15:17 Nu 19:8 (P); for cooking Ex 12:9 (P), cf. Is 64:1 Ez 24:3 (symbol.); for purification Nu 8:7 (מֵי חַטָּאת), 19:9 (מֵי נִדָּה), cf. v 13, 18, 20, 21, 20:13; 31:23(×2) (all P), Ez 36:25 (fig.). e.g. Genesis 16:7
- b. of a river, Nile Ex 2:10; 4:9(×2) (J), Je 2:18 etc.; Jordan Jos 3:8 (D), v 15, 16 (JE), etc.; Euphrates Is 8:7 (fig.), Je 2:18; Ezek.’s river Ez 47:1(×2), 2 +, etc.; of streams, canals, etc., especially as condition of fertility Dt 8:7; 10:7 Is 1:30 Pr 30:16 2 K 3:17 +, etc. e.g. Exodus 2:10
- c. of sea Am 5:8; 9:6; Red Sea Ex 15:8, 10, 19 (song), 14:21, 22, 26 + (P), Jos 2:10 (D), etc. e.g. Amos 5:8
- d. of flood Gn 7:7, 10; 8:3, 7, 8, 9, 11 (J), 6:17; 7:6, 17, 18(×2) 19; 8:5; 9:11, 15 (P); so מֵי־נֹחַ Is 54:9(×2) waters of Noah. e.g. Genesis 7:7
- e. subterranean Ex 20:4 (E), Dt 4:18; 5:8, cf. Jb 26:5 ψ 136:6. e.g. Exodus 20:4
- f. in clouds Je 10:13 Jb 26:8 ψ 29:3(×2) 104:3; 148:4, etc. e.g. Jeremiah 10:13
- g. of rain Ju 5:4 2 S 21:10 Dt 11:11 ψ 65:10 Jb 5:10 (‖ מָטָר), etc. e.g. Judges 5:4
- h. of dew Ju 6:38. e.g. Judges 6:38
- i. primæval deep Gn 1:2, 6 (P). e.g. Genesis 1:2
- 2. c. nomm. pr. loc. (q.v.), to denote springs, streams, or seas belonging to, near, such places: מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם Ex 7:19; 8:2; מֵי מְרִיבָה (v. supr. 1 a); מֵי מֵרוֹם Jos 11:5, 7; מֵי עֵין־שֶׁמֶשׁ Jos 15:7; מֵי נֶפְתּוֹחַ 15:9; 18:15; מֵי יְרִיחוֹ 16:1; מֵי מְגִּדּוֹ Ju 5:19; מֵי נִמְרִ(יִ)ם Is 15:6 Je 48:34; מֵי דִימוֹן Is 15:9; cf. מֵי הַשִּׁלֹּחַ Is 8:6; מֵימֵי גִּיחוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן 2 Ch 32:30; cf. also n. pr. loc. מִשְׂרְפוֹת מַיִם Jos 11:8; 13:6. e.g. Exodus 7:19
- 3. special uses are: מֵי רַגְלַיִם water of the feet = urine 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12; cf. בְּמֵי מַדְמֵנָה Is 25:10 Kt in water of a dunghill (> Qr בְּמוֹ); מַיִם לַחַץ water (which is) distress, because drunk in imprisonment 1 K 22:27 (‖ לֶחֶם לַחַץ) = 2 Ch 18:26; בְּמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג in snow-water Jb 9:30 Qr (Kt במו; Me Hoffm Siegfr כְּמוֹ), מֵימֵי שֶׁלֶג 24:19; מַיִם קְדשִׁים †Nu 5:17 holy water (cf. RSSem. 165, 2nd ed. 181, but text dubious, v. Di); מֵי הַמָּרִים bitter water †Nu 5:18, 19, 23, 24; cf. Ex 15:23 (בִּי מָרִים הֵם), opp. וַיִּמְתְּקוּ הַמַּיִם v 25 and the waters were sweetened; מֵי חַטָּאת, מֵי נִדָּה v. supr. 1 a; מַיִם חַיִּים living (i.e. running) water Lv 14:5, 6, 50, 51, 52 Nu 19:17, also (fig.) Zc 14:8 (cf. Ez 47), and (fig.) Je 2:13; 17:13. See also infr. (cf. Nu 21:17, 18; v. RSSem. i. 127, 157; 2nd ed. 135, 176). e.g. 2 Kings 18:27
- 4. among fig. uses are:
- a. of danger or distress Is 43:2 ψ 66:12; 69:2 La 3:54; usually many waters 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17, cf. Jb 22:11 ψ 32:6; 144:7, or deep waters ψ 69:3, 15, cf. v 16; also מֵי־רֹאשׁ water of gall Je 8:14; 9:14; 23:15. e.g. Isaiah 43:2
- b. פֶּרֶץ מַיִם 2 S 5:20 = 1 Ch 14:11 of outbursting force. e.g. 2 Samuel 5:20
- c. שְׁאוֹן מַיִם Is 17:12, 13 or rushing nations. e.g. Isaiah 17:12
- d. of what is impetuous, violent, overwhelming Is 28:2, 17 Ho 10:7 Jb 27:20 ψ 124:4, 5; 88:18; sim. of impetuousness פַּחַז כַּמַּיִם Gn 49:4. e.g. Isaiah 28:2
- e. (as running away) of heart in timidity Jos 7:5, cf. ψ 22:15, of knees Ez 7:17; 21:12. e.g. Joshua 7:5
- f. of transitoriness Jb 11:16; 24:18 ψ 58:8. e.g. Job 11:16
- g. of refreshment Is 32:2; 49:10; spiritual 12:3. e.g. Isaiah 32:2
- h. מֵי מְנֻחוֹת ψ 23:2 in fig. of rest and peace, cf. Je 31:9. e.g. Psalms 23:2
- i. of reckless bloodshed (poured out like water) ψ 79:3; cf. pouring away (and not eating) blood Dt 12:16, 24; 15:23. e.g. Psalms 79:3
- j. בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים Ct 4:15 fig. of bride; מַיִם מִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָ Pr 5:15 of enjoyment of one’s own wife; of harlotry מַיִם גְּנוּבִים Pr 9:17 stolen waters. e.g. Song of Solomon 4:15
- k. of outpoured wrath of י׳ Ho 5:10. e.g. Hosea 5:10
- l. of abundant justice Am 5:24. e.g. Amos 5:24
- m. of outpoured feelings Jb 3:24; שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵּךְ La 2:19.—Is 48:1 read prob. מִמְּעֵי for MT מִמֵּי, so Secker Du CheHpt Skinner, cf. Di. e.g. Job 3:24
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
n.m. 2 S 14:14 only pl. מַ֫יִם waters, water (NH id.; MI 23 [ין]מ; SI 5 המים; Aramaic מַיָּא, מַיִּין, ܡܰܝܴ̈ܐ; Assyrian mû, pl. mê, also mâmu DlHWB 394; Arabic مَآءٌ; Ethiopic ማይ, pl. ማያት; Sab. [מו], מום, pl. מון, Min. [מה], pl. מהן DHM6th Or. Congr. (Leiden) ii. 1, 451 f. (v. on these forms BaZMG xiii, 1888, 341 ff.));—מַ֫יִם (מָ֑יִם) Gn 1:2 +; הַמַּ֫יְמָה Ex 7:15; 8:16; cstr. מֵי Gn 7:7 + 71 times; מֵימֵי Ex 4:9 + 10 times + Qr 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12; sf. מֵימַי Ho 2:7 + 1 S 25:11 (but read here יֵינִי 𝔊 Ew Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu); מֵימֶ֫יךָ Ex 23:25 + 3 times; מֵימָיו Nu 20:8 + 6 times; מֵימֶיהָ Je 6:7; 50:38; מֵימֵינוּ La 5:4; מֵימֵיהֶם Ex 7:19 + 4 times;—waters, water (c. adj. pl. Gn 26:19 Ex 15:10 Lv 14:5, 6, 50 + often, so always c. adj.; also c. pt. pl. Nu 5:18, 19, 24 2 K 3:20 +; c. pron. pl. Nu 20:13; 27:14 2 K 2:21 +; cf. sf. Jos 4:18; before pl. vb. Gn 1:9, 20, 21; 7:17 + often; after pl. vb. Jos 3:13 Is 28:17 Pr 9:17 Ez 31:4 +; rarely c. sg. vb.; before, Gn 9:15 Lv 11:34 Nu 20:2; 24:7; 33:14 2 K 3:9; after, Nu 19:13, 20);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
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.
מַיִם
- water, fluid; secretion; solution. Constr. מֵי; pl. מֵימוֹת, constr. מֵימֵי. Snh. 108ᵃ גלגל העין שדומה למ׳ the eye-ball which (in restlessness) resembles water, v. גַּלְגַּל. Par. VIII, 9 המ׳ המוכים וכ׳ smitten waters (springs or lakes formed through a catastrophe, v. Snh. l. c.). Ib. המ׳ המכזבים, v. כָּזַב; a. v. fr.—מ׳ ראשונים, מ׳ אחרונים &c., v. respective determinants.—מֵי פירות juice of fruits (wine, date-honey, &c.). Pes. 35ᵃ sq.; a. fr.—מֵי רגלים urin. Ker. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—בֵּית המ׳ urinary. Meg. III, 2; Y. Ber. II, 4ᶜ bot.—Ḥag. 3ᵃ מֵימֶיךָ אנו שותין we drink thy water, i.e. we depend on thy teaching; B. Mets. 84ᵇ מֵימֵיהֶן אנו שותין; Hor. 14ᵃ; a. e.—Taan. 16ᵃ כל מימות וכ׳ all the waters of the world; 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 158 distinct written forms H4325 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’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; 98 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4325, 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.
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- מידבא Mêydᵉbâʼ H4311 Medeba
- מי הירקון Mêy hay-Yarqôwn H4313 Me-jarkon
- מי זהב Mêy Zâhâb H4314 Mezahab
Compare all same-root words → 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 494 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 525 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 1:2
- Exodus 2:10
- Leviticus 1:9
- Numbers 5:17
- Deuteronomy 2:6
- Joshua 2:10
- Judges 1:15
- 1 Samuel 7:6
- 2 Samuel 5:20
- 1 Kings 13:8
- 2 Kings 2:8
- 1 Chronicles 11:17
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.
