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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 - and he saith, 'Swear to me;' and he sweareth to him, and Israel boweth himself on the head of the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:2 - And one declareth to Jacob, and saith, 'Lo, thy son Joseph is coming unto thee;' and Israel doth strengthen himself, and sit upon the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:33 - And Jacob finisheth commanding his sons, and gathereth up his feet unto the bed, and expireth, and is gathered unto his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - and the River hath teemed with frogs, and they have gone up and gone into thy house, and into the inner-chamber of thy bed, and on thy couch, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - and Michal taketh the teraphim, and layeth on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair she hath put for his pillows, and covereth with a garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - And Saul sendeth the messengers to see David, saying, 'Bring him up in the bed unto me,' -- to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - And the messengers come in, and lo, the teraphim are on the bed, and the mattress of goats' hair, for his pillows.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - And he refuseth, and saith, 'I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who are with him, 'Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - yea, they come in to the house, and he is lying on his bed, in the inner part of his bed-chamber, and they smite him, and put him to death, and turn aside his head, and they take his head, and go the way of the plain all the night,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And he saith unto her, 'Give to me thy son;' and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, 'I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,' and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:4 - and therefore, thus said Jehovah, The bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die;' and Elijah goeth on.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they say unto him, 'A man hath come up to meet us, and saith unto us, Go, turn back unto the king who sent you, and ye have said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Is it because there is not a God in Israel -- thou art sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up, thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:16 - and speaketh unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron -- is it because there is not a God in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up -- thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth the door upon him, and goeth out,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - and Jehosheba daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him out of the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, him and his nurse, in the inner part of the bed-chambers, and they hide him from the presence of Athaliah, and he hath not been put to death,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - And Jehoshabeath daughter of the king taketh Joash son of Ahaziah, and stealeth him from the midst of the sons of the king who are put to death, and putteth him and his nurse into the inner part of the bed-chambers, and Jehoshabeath daughter of king Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she hath been sister of Ahaziah, hideth him from the face of Athaliah, and she hath not put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - And in their going from him -- for they left him with many diseases -- his servants themselves have conspired against him, for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dieth; and they bury him in the city of David, and have not buried him in the graves of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:6 - white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble --

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther is, and the king saith, 'Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Lo, his couch, that is Solomon's, Sixty mighty ones are around it, Of the mighty of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:41 - And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus on that of a couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall,
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