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מוּת H4191

H4191 is the Hebrew word מוּת, transliterated mûwth and said mooth. The King James Version most often renders it die.

Word: מוּתTransliteration: mûwthSaid: moothLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 589 verses

What it means

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 567 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

die 150×died 127×dead 93×surely 47×slay 33×put to death 32×slew 29×kill 16×slain 14×dieth 12×death 8×killed 6×

Strong's own list of renderings: [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.

Verses using מוּת

The first 40 of 589 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 2:17 · KJV

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3:4 · KJV

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Genesis 11:28 · KJV

And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

Genesis 11:32 · KJV

And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 18:25 · KJV

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Genesis 20:3 · KJV

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.

Genesis 20:7 · KJV

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Genesis 23:2 · KJV

And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Genesis 23:3 · KJV

And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:4 · KJV

I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 23:6 · KJV

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:8 · KJV

And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,

Genesis 25:8 · KJV

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 25:17 · KJV

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

Genesis 25:32 · KJV

And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

Genesis 26:11 · KJV

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

Genesis 35:8 · KJV

But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Genesis 35:18 · KJV

And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:19 · KJV

And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

Genesis 35:29 · KJV

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 36:33 · KJV

And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:34 · KJV

And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:35 · KJV

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

Genesis 36:36 · KJV

And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:37 · KJV

And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:38 · KJV

And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:39 · KJV

And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Genesis 38:11 · KJV

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:12 · KJV

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Genesis 42:20 · KJV

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

Genesis 42:37 · KJV

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

Genesis 42:38 · KJV

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 43:8 · KJV

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Genesis 44:9 · KJV

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.

Genesis 44:20 · KJV

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Genesis 44:31 · KJV

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 46:12 · KJV

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 46:30 · KJV

And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

Genesis 47:15 · KJV

And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

Genesis 47:19 · KJV

Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4191 mean?

H4191 is the Hebrew word מוּת (mûwth), meaning to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill.

How is H4191 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it die (150 times), died (127 times), dead (93 times), surely (47 times), slay (33 times), among others.

How many times does H4191 appear in the Bible?

מוּת (mûwth) is tagged in 589 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4191 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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