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Lexicon :: Strong's H4975 - māṯnayim

Aa
מָתְנַיִם
Transliteration
māṯnayim
Pronunciation
mo'-then
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be slender
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1267a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מתנים (Gesenius) מתן (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מֹתֶן môthen, mo'-then; from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins:— greyhound, loins, side.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's H4975 in the following manner: loins (42x), side (4x), greyhound (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's H4975 in the following manner: loins (42x), side (4x), greyhound (1x).

  1. loins, hips

    1. used with H2223 in Pr. 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֹתֶן môthen, mo'-then; from an unused root meaning to be slender; properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins:— greyhound, loins, side.
STRONGS H4975: Abbreviations
† מָתְנַ֫יִם noun masculine dual loins (Arabic bdb060802 back, bdb060803 the two sides of the back, etc.; Syriac bdb060804; — absolute מ׳ Deuteronomy 33:11 + 7 times, מָתְנָ֑יִם Ezekiel 29:7; Ezekiel 47:4; construct מָתְנֵי Jeremiah 13:11 + 3 times; suffix מָתְנַי Isaiah 21:3, מָתְנָ֑י Jeremiah 13:2; מָתְנֵיהֶם 1 Kings + Jeremiah 20:32 + 4 times, etc.; — loins:
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a. place of wearing girdle 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 1:8; Jeremiah 13:1, 2, 4, 11; Ezekiel 23:15; figurative Isaiah 11:5 righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins.
b. hence place of things attached to girdle: — sword girded on (חגר על, אסר 2 Samuel 20:8; Nehemiah 4:12; opposed to, וּמָתְנֵי מְלָכִים אֲפַתֵּחַ Isaiah 45:1 and the loins of kings I will loosen, i e. will disarm them (י׳ before Cyrus; compare Che); ink-horn Ezekiel 9:2, 3, 11.
c. girding up loins = make ready for action, וַיְשַׁנֵּס מָתְנָיו 1 Kings 18:46; more often חָגַר מ׳ 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 9:1; Exodus 12:11 (P), Daniel 10:5; אָזַר מ׳ Jeremiah 1:17.
d. זַרְזִיר מ׳ Proverbs 30:31 that which is girt in the loins, i.e. probably either a greyhound Ew Bö De (contracted, as if by a belt), or a war-horse, charger, Bo Ges Hi Str Wild (with a saddle); compare also זרזיר; text perhaps corrupt (Wild).
e. girded with sackcloth (in mourning) Genesis 37:34 (J), Amos 8:10; Isaiah 20:2; 1 Kings 20:31, 32; Jeremiah 48:37.
f. linen breeches of priests were to extend מִמָּתְנַיִם וְעַד יְרֵכַיִם Exodus 28:42 (P); to be עַלמָֿת׳ Ezekiel 44:18; loins of slaves are girt with waistcloth, compare Job 12:18 (see also אֵזוֺר).
g. in general of the middle of the body, מֵי מָת׳ Ezekiel 47:4 (i.e. water reaching to the loins); so of the appearance of י׳ in Ezekiel's visions Ezekiel 1:27 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 8:2 (twice in verse).
2.
a. loins as seat of strength, Deuteronomy 33:11; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; חַזֵּק מָתְנַיִם Nahum 2:2 (|| אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ); כֹּחוֺ בְּמָתְנָיו Job 40:16 (of hippopotamus); in combination with 1a (figurative) חָֽגְרָה בְּעוֺז מ׳ Proverbs 31:17 she girdeth her loins with strength, she puts on energy with her girdle; compare also בְּשִׁבְרוֺן מ׳ Ezekiel 21:11 sigh with breaking of loins, i.e. in entire collapse of strength; so תָּמִיד הַמְעַ֑ד וּמ׳ Psalm 69:24 and make their loins continually to shake, make them totter; compare Ezekiel 29:7 (where read וְהִמְעַדְתָּ for וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ, see מָעַד).
b. as seat of keenest pain, due to grief or dread Nahum 2:11; Isaiah 21:3 (as in travail); so probably also Psalm 66:11 (compare Bae; and see מוּעָקָה below עוק).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:34

Exodus

12:11; 28:42

Deuteronomy

33:11; 33:11

2 Samuel

20:8

1 Kings

2:5; 12:10; 18:46; 20:31; 20:32

2 Kings

1:8; 4:29; 9:1

2 Chronicles

10:10

Nehemiah

4:12

Job

12:18; 40:16

Psalms

66:11; 69:24

Proverbs

30:31; 31:17

Isaiah

11:5; 20:2; 21:3; 21:3; 45:1

Jeremiah

1:17; 13:1; 13:2; 13:2; 13:4; 13:11; 13:11; 48:37

Ezekiel

1:27; 8:2; 9:2; 9:3; 9:11; 21:11; 23:15; 29:7; 29:7; 44:18; 47:4; 47:4

Daniel

10:5

Amos

8:10

Nahum

2:2; 2:11

H4975

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Strong's Number H4975 matches the Hebrew מָתְנַיִם (māṯnayim),
which occurs 47 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:42 - And you are to make them linen trousers, covering their bodies from the middle to the knee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:11 - Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:8 - When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab had on his war-dress, and round him a band from which his sword was hanging in its cover; and while he was walking, it came out, falling to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - Now you have knowledge of what Joab, the son of Zeruiah, did to me, and to the two captains of the army of Israel, Abner, the son of Ner, and Amasa, the son of Jether, whom he put to death, taking payment for the blood of war in time of peace, and making the band of my clothing and the shoes on my feet red with the blood of one put to death without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:46 - And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:18 - Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:18 - He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 - Let their eyes be blind so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 - The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:17 - She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:5 - And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - At that time the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and take off your robe, and your shoes from your feet; and he did so, walking unclothed and without shoes on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:1 - The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:1 - This is what the Lord said to me: Go and get yourself a linen band and put it round you and do not put it in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:2 - So, as the Lord said, I got a band for a price and put it round my body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:4 - Take the band which you got for a price, which is round your body, and go to Parah and put it in a secret place there in a hole of the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - For as a band goes tightly round a man's body, so I made all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah tightly united to me; so that they might be a people for me and a name and a praise and a glory: but they would not give ear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - For everywhere the hair of the head and the hair of the face is cut off: on every hand there are wounds, and haircloth on every body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - And looking, I saw a form like fire; from the middle of his body and down there was fire: and up from the middle of his body a sort of shining, like electrum.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And six men came from the way of the higher doorway looking to the north, every man with his axe in his hand: and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's inkpot at his side. And they went in and took their places by the brass altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - And the glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the winged ones on which it was resting, to the doorstep of the house. And crying out to the man clothed in linen who had the writer's inkpot at his side,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:11 - Then the man clothed in linen, who had the inkpot at his side, came back and said, I have done what you gave me orders to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - Make sounds of grief, son of man; with body bent and a bitter heart make sounds of grief before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:15 - With bands round their bodies and with head-dresses hanging round their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the Babylonians, the land of whose birth is Chaldaea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:7 - When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:18 - They are to have linen head-dresses on their heads and linen trousers on their legs, and they are to have nothing round them to make their skin wet with heat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:5 - And lifting up my eyes I saw the form of a man clothed in a linen robe, and round him there was a band of gold, of the best gold:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:1 - A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:10 - Everything has been taken from her, all is gone, she has nothing more: the heart is turned to water, the knees are shaking, all are twisted in pain, and colour has gone from all faces.
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