מוֹפֵת
môwphêth · H4159 · Hebrew · 36 occurrences
Meanings
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sign, souvenir
Object or event that reminds of something that has happened or as a confirmation of something that is yet to happen
ExamplesDeuteronomy 28:46 “And they will become a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever.
Psalm 71:7 I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.
Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of armies, who dwells on Mount Zion.
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miracle
A supernatural act of a deity, performed by the deity himself or in his name in order to assert his power and greatness
ExamplesExodus 4:21 And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
Exodus 7:3 “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, so that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 7:9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Work a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, so that it may turn into a serpent.’”
How it’s used In 10 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוּhis 3
- יmy 2
- כֶםyour 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
9 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַסָּהproving 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- רָבָהto increase 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
13 occurrences in 7 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 7
- דָּרַשׁto seek, to inquire 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- רָאָהto see 1
- רָבָהto increase 1
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֶהthis 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- יֶלֶדchild, young man 1
- אֲנִיI 1
- אָנֹכִיI 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
10 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 7
- בin/on/with 3
- כlike/as 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- τέρας téras · G5059 · portent, sign
- Greek τέρας (téras, G5059) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew מוֹפֵת (môwphêth, H4159), both denoting supernatural signs or portents that function as divine attestation or warning, with τέρας carrying the Greek semantic domain of prodigy/omen that aligns with מוֹפֵת's sense of miraculous wonder.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Know002004002007
- מוֹפֵת denotes a sign meant to convey knowledge or confirm a truth, as reflected in its gloss 'sign,' as the plagues in Egypt served "so that you may know that I am the LORD" (Exodus 7:3-5), tying the word to a revealing demonstration.
- Extraordinary002001003006
- The word's dominant sense is a miracle or wonder, an extraordinary act beyond the ordinary, as in Exodus 4:21's "all the wonders which I have put in your power," placing it among terms for the exceptional and miraculous.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4159. mopheth מוֺפֵת noun masculineDeu 29:2 wonder, sign, portent (= מאֹפֵת) — מוֺפֵת…
מוֺפֵת noun masculineDeu 29:2 wonder, sign, portent (= מאֹפֵת) — מוֺפֵת Exo 7:9 Exo 7:14t.; מוֺפֶתְכֶם Eze 12:11; מוֺפְתִים Deu 4:34 Deu 4:4t.; מֹפְתִים Deu 6:22 Deu 6:9t.; מוֺפְתַי Exo 7:3; Exo 11:9; מוֺפְתָיו Psa 78:43; מֹפְתָיו 1Ch 16:12; Psa 105:5 —
1 wonder, as special display of God's power Exo 7:3; Exo 11:9; Psa 105:5; 1Ch 16:12; Joe 3:3; by Moses and Aaron Exo 4:21; Exo 11:10; compare Exo 7:9 (in mouth of Pharaoh), by false prophets Deu 13:2; Deu 13:3 (|| אות); usually || אות Deu 4:34; Deu 6:22; Deu 7:19; Deu 26:8; Deu 29:2; Deu 34:11; Psa 78:43; Psa 105:27; Psa 135:9; Jer 32:20-21, Neh 9:10; applied to effect of Yahweh's curse Deu 28:46 (|| אות); to one protected by ׳י Psa 71:7.
2 sign or token of future event (compare אוֺת) 1Ki 13:3 (twice in verse); 1Ki 13:5; 2Ch 32:24, 2Ch 32:31; symbolic act Isa 20:3 (|| אות); as such the term is applied to persons Isa 8:18 (|| אות) Eze 12:6, Eze 12:11; Eze 24:24, Eze 24:27; compareמ ׳אַנְשֵׁי Zec 3:8 men who serve as a symbol or sign. — Vb. used, of divine act, is נתן Exo 7:9 etc.,שׂים Jer 32:20; שׂים also of entrusting to human power Exo 4:21, compare דִּבֶּר 1Ki 13:3; of human agency עשׂה Exo 4:21; Exo 11:10, נתן 1Ki 13:3, 1Ki 13:5.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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