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מַת H4962

H4962 is the Hebrew word מַת, transliterated math and said math. The King James Version most often renders it men.

Word: מַתTransliteration: mathSaid: mathLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 21 verses

What it means

properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural).

Where it comes from

from the same as H4970 (מָתַי).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

men 12×few 2×being few 1×with 1×number 1×friends 1×if the men 1×persons 1×few men 1×yet a small 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: [phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.

Verses using מַת

All 21 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 34:30 · KJV

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Deuteronomy 2:34 · KJV

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

Deuteronomy 3:6 · KJV

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

Deuteronomy 4:27 · KJV

And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

Deuteronomy 26:5 · KJV

And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:

Deuteronomy 28:62 · KJV

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 33:6 · KJV

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

1 Chronicles 16:19 · KJV

When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

Job 11:3 · KJV

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Job 11:11 · KJV

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

Job 19:19 · KJV

All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.

Job 22:15 · KJV

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

Job 24:12 · KJV

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

Job 31:31 · KJV

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

Psalm 17:14 · KJV

From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Psalm 26:4 · KJV

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

Psalm 105:12 · KJV

When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

Isaiah 3:25 · KJV

Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.

Isaiah 5:13 · KJV

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isaiah 41:14 · KJV

Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 44:28 · KJV

Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4962 mean?

H4962 is the Hebrew word מַת (math), meaning properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural).

How is H4962 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it men (12 times), few (2 times), being few (1 time), with (1 time), number (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4962 appear in the Bible?

מַת (math) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4962 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H4970 (מָתַי).

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