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Lexicon :: Strong's H4296 - miṭṭâ

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מִטָּה
Transliteration
miṭṭâ
Pronunciation
mit-taw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1352c

Strong’s Definitions

מִטָּה miṭṭâh, mit-taw'; from H5186; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier:—bed(-chamber), bier.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H4296 in the following manner: bed (26x), bedchamber (with H2315) (2x), bier (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H4296 in the following manner: bed (26x), bedchamber (with H2315) (2x), bier (1x).

  1. couch, bed, bier

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִטָּה miṭṭâh, mit-taw'; from H5186; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier:—bed(-chamber), bier.
STRONGS H4296: Abbreviations
† מִטָּה noun feminine couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Ecclus 48:6); — absolute מִטָּה Amos 3:12 + 14 times; construct מִטַּת 2 Kings 4:21; suffix מִטָּתִי Psalm 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:28, מִטָּתוֺ 2 Samuel 4:7 + 6 times; plural מִטּוֺת absolute 2 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 22:11, construct Amos 6:4; Esther 1:6; — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 Kings 4:10, compare 2 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Genesis 47:31 (J; ראֹשׁ הַמּ׳), compare Genesis 48:2 (J), Genesis 49:33 (P), Psalm 6:7; Proverbs 26:14; 2 Chronicles 24:25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 Samuel 28:23; 1 Kings 21:4; מ'פְּאַת Amos 3:12; seat of King Solomon Songs 3:7; in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; sometimes portable 1 Samuel 19:15 compare 1 Samuel 19:13; 1 Samuel 19:16, hence = bier 2 Samuel 3:31; sometimes high 2 Kings 1:4, 6, 16 (עָלָה שָׁם opposed to יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Amos 6:4; for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Esther 1:6; compare כְּבוּדָּה מ׳ Ezekiel 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֺת 2 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11 (see H4296 חֶדֶר). — compare also H4904 מִשְׁכָּב (H7901 שׁכב), H6210 עֶרֶשׂ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:31; 48:2; 49:33

1 Samuel

19:13; 19:15; 19:16; 28:23

2 Samuel

3:31; 4:7; 4:7

1 Kings

17:19; 21:4

2 Kings

1:4; 1:6; 1:16; 4:10; 4:21; 4:21; 4:32; 11:2; 11:2

2 Chronicles

22:11; 22:11; 24:25

Esther

1:6; 1:6

Psalms

6:7; 6:7

Proverbs

26:14

Song of Songs

3:7

Ezekiel

23:41

Amos

3:12; 3:12; 6:4; 6:4

H4296

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4296 matches the Hebrew מִטָּה (miṭṭâ),
which occurs 29 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - And he said, “Swear to me.” So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - When [fn]it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel [fn]collected his strength and sat [fn]up in the bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed H4296 and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - “The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house, and into your bedroom and on your bed H4296, and into the houses of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - And Michal took the [fn]household idol and laid it on the bed H4296, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on [fn]his bed H4296, so that I may put him to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - When the messengers entered, behold, the [fn]household idol was on the bed H4296 with the quilt of goats’ hair at its head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to [fn]them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 -

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - Now when they had come into the house, as he was lying on his bed H4296 in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him, and they beheaded him. And they took his head and [fn]traveled by way of the Arabah all night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But he said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her [fn]arms and carried him up to the upstairs room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab entered his house sullen and furious because of the [fn]answer that Naboth the Jezreelite had given to him, since he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed H4296 and turned his face away, and ate no [fn]food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - “Now therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘[fn]You will not get down from the bed H4296 upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’” Then Elijah departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - They said to him, “A man came up to meet us and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore [fn]you will not get down from the bed H4296 upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then he said to him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron—is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of His word? Therefore [fn]you will not get down from the bed H4296 upon which you have lain, but you shall certainly die.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - “Please, let’s make a little walled upper room, and let’s set up a bed H4296 for him there, and a table, a chair, and a lampstand; then it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she went up and laid him on the bed H4296 of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 -

When Elisha entered the house, behold the boy was dead, laid on his bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and abducted him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and put him and his nurse in the bedroom H4296. So they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath the king’s daughter took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom H4296. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 -

When they left him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the [fn]son of Jehoiada the priest, and they murdered him on his bed H4296. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - There were curtains of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches H4296 of gold and silver on a mosaic floor of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the [fn]place where they had been drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch H4296 where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 -

I am weary with my sighing;

Every night I make my bed H4296 swim,

I flood my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 -

As the door turns on its hinges,

So does a lazy one on his bed H4296.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 -

The Chorus

“Behold, it is [fn]the traveling couch H4296 of Solomon;

Sixty warriors around it,

Of the warriors of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - and you sat on a splendid couch H4296 with a table arranged in front of it on which you had set My incense and My oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 -

This is what the LORD says:

“Just as the shepherd [fn]snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,

So will the sons of Israel living in Samaria be [fn]snatched away—

With the corner of a bed H4296 and the [fn]cover of a couch!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 -

Those who lie on beds H4296 of ivory,

And lounge around on their couches,

And eat lambs from the flock,

And calves from the midst of the fattened cattle,

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