Word

מָוֶת

mâveth · H4194 · Hebrew · 153 occurrences

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Meanings

death

Process by which humans or animals stop living

Examples
Genesis 21:16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “May I not see the boy die!” And she sat opposite him, and raised her voice and wept.
Genesis 25:11 It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi.
Genesis 26:18 Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them.
death, plague

A condition that leads to death, like a deadly disease or a wave of violence

Examples
Exodus 10:17 “So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”
2 Kings 2:21 Then he went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have purified these waters; there shall not come from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.’”
2 Kings 4:40 So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they were eating the stew, they cried out and said, “You man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they were unable to eat.
world of the dead

Abode of the dead; considered to be a remote place, deep in the earth, with power over humankind, without remembrance, without praising God

Examples
Proverbs 2:18 For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;
Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.
Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.

How it’s used In 8 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

61 occurrences in 28 groups

הוּhis 17
יmy 6
כֹּהֵןpriest 5
הֶםtheir 4
Other words · 24 groups that occur once or twice (30) 30

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

זֶהthis 1

What it doesIt is the subject

8 occurrences in 8 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
הָלַלto praise 1
אָמַרto say 1
עָלָהto go up 1
פָּרַדto separate, to be separated 1
רָעָהto shepherd, to feed, to graze 1

What is done to itIt is the object

8 occurrences in 7 groups

נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
בָּלַעto swallow 1
אָהַבto love 1
חָפֵץto like, to be pleased, to desire 1
מָצָאto find 1
סוּרto turn aside, to depart, to remove 1

What it is said to bePredicate

6 occurrences in 5 groups

טוֹבgood 2
יָדhand, power 1
יְהֹוִהYHWH 1
יָקָרprecious 1
כֵּןthus 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

דֶּרֶךְway, road 1
הוּאhe, she, it 1
רָדַףto pursue, to chase 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

72 occurrences in 9 groups

אַחַרafter, behind 30
בin/on/with 29
לto/for 20
מִןfrom 19
עַדto, as far as, until 11
כlike/as 8
Other words · 2 groups that occur once or twice (3) 3

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

51 occurrences in 23 groups

יוֹםday, time 10
פָּנִיםface, presence, before 5
מוֹקֵשׁtrap 4
מִשְׁפָּטjustice, judgment, ordinance 4
בֵּןson 3
דֶּרֶךְway, road 3
Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (19) 19

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 2 words

θάνατος thánatos · G2288 · to die, death, plague: Greek θάνατος is the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew מָוֶת, both denoting death as state, event, or personified force, with direct translation equivalence across literal and figurative uses.
ἀποθνήσκω apothnḗskō · G599 · to die, death, to face death: Greek verbal form (ἀποθνήσκω 'to die off') serves as the standard LXX rendering of the Hebrew nominal/adjectival form (מָוֶת 'death'), representing the same core semantic domain of mortality and cessation of life across both literal and figurative usage.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Dead002001001018: מָוֶת is the ordinary noun for death, as in Genesis 21:16's "may I not see the boy die," and repeatedly of a person's death (Genesis 25:11; 26:18; 27:2, 7).
Regions Under the Earth001003: The word can also denote the realm of the dead itself, the shadowy underworld domain associated with death (as in poetic parallels with Sheol), distinct from the event of dying.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

מוּת mûwth · H4191 · to die, to pass away, to cause to die · 843×מָוֶתmâveth · H4194מוּת Mûwth · H4192 · son, child, descendant · 2×מָמוֹת mâmôwth · H4463 · death · 2×תְּמוּתָה tᵉmûwthâh · H8546 · person condemned to death, person doomed to die · 2×מוֹת môwth · H4193 · death · 1×

Also from the root מוּת

צַלְמָוֶת tsalmâveth · H6757 · deep darkness · 18×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4194. maveth מָ֫וֶת161 noun masculineExo 10:17 death; — absolute ׳מ Deu 19:6 +;…

H4194. maveth
מָ֫וֶת161 noun masculineExo 10:17 death; — absolute ׳מ Deu 19:6 +; מָֽ֫וְתָה Psa 116:15; construct מוֺת Gen 25:11 +; suffix מוֺתִו Gen 27:2 +; plural construct מוֺהֵי Eze 28:10; suffix בְּמֹתָיו Isa 53:9; —
1 death, opposed to life, Deu 30:15, Deu 30:19; 2Sa 15:21; ׳מ האדם כל the death of all men (that all go to) Num 16:29 (J), as distinguished from violent death; מ ׳יוֺם day of death Gen 27:2 (J) Jdg 13:7; 1Sa 15:35 +; מ ׳שְׁנַת Isa 6:1; Isa 14:28; מ ׳עד Num 35:25, Num 35:28, Num 35:32; Jos 20:6 (P), 1Ki 11:40; מ ׳לפני Gen 27:7, Gen 27:10; Gen 50:16 (JE); מ ׳אחרי Gen 26:18 (J), Gen 25:11; Lev 16:1; Num 35:28 (P), Deu 31:27, Deu 31:29 (D) +; מ ׳בכור Job 18:13 firstborn of death (deadly disease); of flies Ecc 10:1, unclean animals Lev 11:31-32, (P).
2 death by violence as a penalty : מ ׳מִשְׁמַּט + לְ or בְּ person: a case of death to, or in a man, guilty of capital crime Deu 19:6; Deu 21:22; Jer 26:11, Jer 26:16; מ ׳חֵטְא Deu 22:26; ׳מ (י)בנ 1Sa 20:31; 1Sa 26:16; 2Sa 12:5; מ ׳אישׁ 2Sa 19:29; מ ׳אנשׁי 1Ki 2:26; מ ׳מַלְאֲכֵי Pro 16:14 messengers of death; במותָיו Isa 53:9 in his (martyr-) death (see BrMP 359).
3 state of death or place of death (|| שׁאול) Isa 28:15, Isa 28:18; Isa 38:18; Hos 13:14; Hab 2:5; Psa 6:6; Psa 49:15; Son 8:6; Pro 5:5; Pro 7:27; (|| אבדון) Job 28:22; מ ׳שׁערי gates of death Psa 9:14; Psa 107:18; Job 38:17.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Dead134 occurrences

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

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0