מָ֫וֶת
ma.vet
“death”
Definition
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
from H4191 (מוּת);
- death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead 1a) death 1b) death by violence (as a penalty) 1c) state of death, place of death Aramaic equivalent: mot (*מוֹת *"death" H4193)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָ֫וֶת appears 135 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
For the waves of death engulfed me;the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
It devours patches of his skin;the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
Genuine righteousness leads to life,but the pursuit of evil brings death.
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