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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.
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.
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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