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מוֹצָא H4161
H4161 is the Hebrew word מוֹצָא, transliterated môwtsâʼ and said mo-tsaw'. The King James Version most often renders it going forth.
What it means
a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass).
Where it comes from
or מֹצָאxlit môtsâ corrected to môtsâʼ; from H3318 (יָצָא).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-) course (springs).
Verses using מוֹצָא
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 30:12 · KJV
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers 33:2 · KJV
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
Deuteronomy 8:3 · KJV
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Deuteronomy 23:23 · KJV
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
2 Samuel 3:25 · KJV
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
1 Kings 10:28 · KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
2 Kings 2:21 · KJV
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
2 Chronicles 1:16 · KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
2 Chronicles 32:30 · KJV
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Job 28:1 · KJV
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Job 38:27 · KJV
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Psalm 19:6 · KJV
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psalm 65:8 · KJV
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalm 75:6 · KJV
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalm 89:34 · KJV
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalm 107:33 · KJV
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Isaiah 41:18 · KJV
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 58:11 · KJV
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Jeremiah 17:16 · KJV
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Ezekiel 12:4 · KJV
Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
Ezekiel 42:11 · KJV
And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel 43:11 · KJV
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
Ezekiel 44:5 · KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
Daniel 9:25 · KJV
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Hosea 6:3 · KJV
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4161 mean?
H4161 is the Hebrew word מוֹצָא (môwtsâʼ), meaning a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass).
How is H4161 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it going forth (3 times), goings out (2 times), brought (2 times), whatsoever proceeded (1 time), every word that proceedeth (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4161 appear in the Bible?
מוֹצָא (môwtsâʼ) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4161 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or מֹצָאxlit môtsâ corrected to môtsâʼ; from H3318 (יָצָא).
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