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מָ֫וֶת

ma.vetdeathHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine154 occurrences27 books149 verses

Definition

from H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Traditional renderings: (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָ֫וֶת:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

154 total
  1. Jonah 4:3מוֹתִ֖י · for me to die
    And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
  2. Jonah 4:8מוֹתִ֖י · for me to die
    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
  3. Jonah 4:9מָֽוֶת׃ · die
    Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
  4. Habakkuk 2:5כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ · and like Death
    …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.