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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.
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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 - Then he said, “Swear to me.” And he swore to him. So Israel bowed himself on the head of the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And when Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed 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 - “So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - And Michal took an image and laid it in the bed, put a cover of goats’ hair for his head, and covered it with clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - And when the messengers had come in, there was the image in the bed, with a cover of goats’ hair for his 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.” So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” And King David followed the coffin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - For when they came into the house, he was lying on his bed in his bedroom; then they struck him and killed him, beheaded him and took his head, and were all night escaping through the plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - So Ahab went into his house sullen and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - “Now therefore, thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” So Elijah departed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - So 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, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - Then he said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because 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 you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - “Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, 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 of the man of God, shut the door upon him, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed.

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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 stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath,[fn] the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered, and put him and his nurse in a bedroom. 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 did not kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons[fn] of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. 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 white and blue linen curtains fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on silver rods and marble pillars; and the couches were of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, turquoise, and white and black marble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?” As the word left 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 groaning;
All night I make my bed swim;
I drench my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - “You sat on a stately couch, with a table prepared before 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 - Thus says the LORD:

“As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and on the edge[fn] of a couch!

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
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