מִי

hebrewOld TestamentQuestion word425 occurrences35 books344 verses

Definition

an interrogative pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
Traditional renderings: any (man), × he, × him, O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), would to God.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

425 total
  1. Isaiah 50:10מִ֤י · Who
    Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  2. Isaiah 51:12מִֽי־ · Why
    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
  3. Isaiah 51:19מִ֖י · Who; מִ֥י · Who
    These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
  4. Isaiah 52:5מִי־ · what
    And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
  5. Isaiah 53:1מִ֥י · Who; מִ֥י · whom
    Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
  6. Isaiah 53:8מִ֣י · who
    By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
  7. Isaiah 54:15מִי־ · whoever
    If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
  8. Isaiah 57:4מִי֙ · Whom; מִ֛י · whom
    Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
  9. Isaiah 57:11מִ֞י · Whom
    Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?
  10. Isaiah 60:8מִי־ · Who
    Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
  11. Isaiah 63:1מִי־ · Who
    Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
  12. Isaiah 66:8מִֽי־ · Who; מִ֤י · Who
    Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
  13. Jeremiah 2:24מִ֣י · Who
    …a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
  14. Jeremiah 6:10מִ֨י · whom
    To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
  15. Jeremiah 9:1מִֽי־
    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
  16. Jeremiah 9:2מִֽי־ · If only
    If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
  17. Jeremiah 9:12מִֽי־ · Who
    Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
  18. Jeremiah 10:7מִ֣י · Who
    Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
  19. Jeremiah 15:5מִֽי־ · Who; וּמִ֖י · Who; וּמִ֣י · Who
    Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
  20. Jeremiah 17:9מִ֖י · Who
    The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
  21. Jeremiah 18:13מִ֥י · Who
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
  22. Jeremiah 21:13מִֽי־ · Who; וּמִ֥י · Who
    Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
  23. Jeremiah 23:18מִ֤י · which of them; מִֽי־ · Who
    But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
  24. Jeremiah 30:21מִ֨י · who
    Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
  25. Jeremiah 44:28מִ֥י · whose
    Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
  26. Jeremiah 46:7מִי־ · Who
    Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
  27. Jeremiah 49:4מִ֖י · Who
    Why do you boast of your valleys—your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
  28. Jeremiah 49:19וּמִ֥י · Who; מִ֤י · who; וּמִ֣י · and who; וּמִי־ · What
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  29. Jeremiah 50:44וּמִ֥י · Who; מִ֤י · who; וּמִ֣י · and who; וּמִֽי־ · What
    Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
  30. Lamentations 2:13מִ֥י · Who
    What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
  31. Lamentations 2:20לְמִ֖י · Whom
    Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  32. Lamentations 3:37מִ֣י · Who
    Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
  33. Ezekiel 27:32מִ֣י · Who
    As they wail and mourn over you, they will take up a lament for you: ‘Who was ever like Tyre, silenced in the middle of the sea?
  34. Ezekiel 31:2מִ֖י · Who
    “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Who can be compared to your greatness?
  35. Ezekiel 31:18מִ֨י · Who
    Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  36. Ezekiel 32:19מִמִּ֖י · Whom
    Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!