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Lexicon :: Strong's H4962 - maṯ

Aa
מַת
Transliteration
maṯ
Pronunciation
math
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as מָתַי (H4970)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1263

Strong’s Definitions

מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H4962 in the following manner: men (14x), few (2x), few (with H4557) (1x), friends (1x), number (1x), persons (1x), small (1x), with (1x).

  1. male, man

    1. males, men

    2. few men (in prose)

      1. less emphasis on sex

    3. men (poetic)

      1. less emphasis on sex

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַת math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.
STRONGS H4962: Abbreviations
† [מַת] noun masculine male, man (מְתוּֿ in proper name; Zinjirli מת collective males, male offspring; Assyrian mutu, husband; Ethiopic bdb060701 id.; compare Egyptian m-t, phallus, male, Steind in BaNB § 2b, δ); — only plural מְתִים Job 11:3 + 3 times, מְתִם Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 + Judges 20:48 (probably), for MT מְתֹם, so GFM; construct מְתֵי Genesis 34:30 + 13 times; suffix 2nd person feminine singular מְתַיִךְ; Isaiah 3:25; 3rd person masculine singular מְתָיו Deuteronomy 33:6; —
1. males, men, Isaiah 3:25 (|| גְּבוּרָתֵךְ); more distinctly, וְהַטָּף (וְ)הַנָּשִׁים מְתִם עִיר Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 every city of males (male population, compare Dr), and the women, etc.; Judges 20:48 (see above; opposed to בְּהֵמָה).
2. usually less emphasis on sex, in prose only phrase:
a. מִסְפָּר מְתֵי men of number (numerable, i.e. few) Genesis 34:30 (J; apposition of אֲנִי = Jacob, representing his family), Deuteronomy 4:27; Jeremiah 44:28, also Psalm 105:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:19; compare מִסְפָּר מְתָיו וִיהִי Deuteronomy 33:6 and (but) let his men be few.
b. בִּמְתֵי מְעָ֑ט = consisting of a few men Deuteronomy 26:5; Deuteronomy 28:62
3. elsewhere only in poetry, sex usually not emphasized:
a. Job 11:3; Job 24:12; Psalm 17:14 (twice in verse) (but text probably corrupt, of. Bae We; at least omit ממתים ידך Ol Bi Che, compare Hup-Now); מְתֵי ישׂראל Isaiah 41:14.
b. poetic phrase: מְתֵי שָׁוְא men of false-hood Job 11:11; Psalm 26:4; אָוֶן מ׳ Psalm 22:15 men of wickedness; סוֺדִי מ׳ Psalm 19:19 men of my cycle; אָהֳלִי מ׳ Job 31:31 men of my tent (household); רָעָב מ׳ Isaiah 5:13 men of hunger, but read probably מְזֵי ר׳ sucked out, empty from hunger (as Deuteronomy 32:24) Ew De Che Di Du (compare מָזֶה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:30; 34:30

Deuteronomy

2:34; 2:34; 3:6; 3:6; 4:27; 26:5; 28:62; 32:24; 33:6; 33:6

Judges

20:48; 20:48

1 Chronicles

16:19

Job

11:3; 11:3; 11:11; 24:12; 31:31

Psalms

17:14; 22:15; 26:4; 105:12

Isaiah

3:25; 3:25; 5:13; 41:14

Jeremiah

44:28

H4962

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4962 matches the Hebrew מַת (maṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:30 - And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 - At that time we took all his towns, and gave them over to complete destruction, together with men, women, and children; we had no mercy on any:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 - And we put them to the curse, every town together with men, women, and children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:6 - Let life not death be Reuben's, let not the number of his men be small.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:19 - When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 - All the men of my circle keep away from me; and those dear to me are turned against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - If the men of my tent did not say, Who has not had full measure of his meat?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - When they were still small in number, and strange in the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:25 - Your men will be put to the sword, and your men of war will come to destruction in the fight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Have no fear, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will be your helper, says the Lord, even he who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - And those who get away safe from the sword will come back from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, a very small number; and all the rest of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt and are living there, will see whose word has effect, mine or theirs.
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