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מִטָּה H4296
H4296 is the Hebrew word מִטָּה, transliterated miṭṭâh and said mit-taw'. The King James Version most often renders it bed.
What it means
a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier.
Where it comes from
from H5186 (נָטָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 27 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bed(-chamber), bier.
Verses using מִטָּה
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 47:31 · KJV
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
Genesis 49:33 · KJV
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Exodus 8:3 · KJV
And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
1 Samuel 19:13 · KJV
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
1 Samuel 19:15 · KJV
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
1 Samuel 19:16 · KJV
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
1 Samuel 28:23 · KJV
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
2 Samuel 3:31 · KJV
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
2 Samuel 4:7 · KJV
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
1 Kings 17:19 · KJV
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
1 Kings 21:4 · KJV
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
2 Kings 1:4 · KJV
Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
2 Kings 1:6 · KJV
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings 1:16 · KJV
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings 4:10 · KJV
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
2 Kings 4:21 · KJV
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
2 Kings 4:32 · KJV
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
2 Kings 11:2 · KJV
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2 Chronicles 22:11 · KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles 24:25 · KJV
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Esther 1:6 · KJV
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
Esther 7:8 · KJV
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Psalm 6:6 · KJV
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Song of Solomon 3:7 · KJV
Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
Ezekiel 23:41 · KJV
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Amos 3:12 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
Amos 6:4 · KJV
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Common questions
What does Strong's H4296 mean?
H4296 is the Hebrew word מִטָּה (miṭṭâh), meaning a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier.
How is H4296 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it bed (17 times), bedchamber (2 times), beds (2 times), himself upon the bed's (1 time), bier (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4296 appear in the Bible?
מִטָּה (miṭṭâh) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4296 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5186 (נָטָה).
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