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Lexicon :: Strong's H3971 - mᵊ'ûm

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מְאוּם
Transliteration
mᵊ'ûm
Pronunciation
moom
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
As if passive participle from an unused root
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TWOT Reference: 1137a

Strong’s Definitions

מאוּם mʼûwm, moom; usually מוּם mûwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain a blemish (physically or morally):—blemish, blot, spot.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3971 in the following manner: blemish (16x), spot (3x), blot (2x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H3971 in the following manner: blemish (16x), spot (3x), blot (2x), variant (1x).

  1. blemish, spot, defect

    1. of physical defect

    2. of moral stain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מאוּם mʼûwm, moom; usually מוּם mûwm; as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain a blemish (physically or morally):—blemish, blot, spot.
STRONGS H3971: Abbreviations
† מאוּם noun masculineJob 31:7 blemish, defect (for מְאוּם, which, although found only late, is (si vera lectio) apparently original form,.Köii. 146); — מ׳ absolute:
1. of physical defect Daniel 1:4.
2. figurative מ׳ דָּבַק בְּכַפַּ׳ Job 31:7 of moral stain; usually

† מוּם noun masculineLeviticus 21:17 (= foregoing (above); quiescent א omitted) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic מוּמָא, bdb054801); — absolute מ׳ Leviticus 21:17 16 times; suffix מוּמוֺ Proverbs 9:7; מוּמָם Deuteronomy 32:5; — blemish, defect (chiefly H):
1. physical,
a. in man, as excluding from priestly service, Leviticus 21:17,18,21 (twice in verse); Leviticus 21:23; disfiguring man 2 Samuel 14:25, woman Songs 4:7; (in all בְּ היה מ׳); as caused by man upon man Leviticus 24:19,20.
b. in beast (reference to sacrifice) Leviticus 22:20,21,25; Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 15:21 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 17:1 (in all בְּ היה מ׳).
2. figurative of moral blemish Deuteronomy 32:5 (but text very dubious, compare Dr); תִּשָּׂא פָנֶיךָ מִמּוּם Job 11:15; of shame of repulse Proverbs 9:7 (|| (קָלוֺן).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

21:17; 21:17; 21:17; 21:18; 21:21; 21:23; 22:20; 22:21; 22:25; 24:19; 24:20

Numbers

19:2

Deuteronomy

15:21; 17:1; 32:5; 32:5

2 Samuel

14:25

Job

11:15; 31:7; 31:7

Proverbs

9:7; 9:7

Song of Songs

4:7

Daniel

1:4

H3971

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3971 matches the Hebrew מְאוּם (mᵊ'ûm),
which occurs 22 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:21 - No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD’s food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - but he shall not go through the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries,[fn] for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:20 - You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - And when anyone offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals gotten from a foreigner. Since there is a blemish in them, because of their mutilation, they will not be accepted for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:19 - If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - But if it has any blemish, if it is lame or blind or has any serious blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - “You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep in which is a blemish, any defect whatever, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:25 - Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:15 - Surely then you will lift up your face without blemish;
you will be secure and will not fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:7 - if my step has turned aside from the way
and my heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any spot has stuck to my hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:7 - Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:7 - You are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no flaw in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.
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