מוֹט
môwṭ · mote
to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to waver; by implication, to slip, shake, fall
- to waver
- by implication, to slip, shake, fall
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, [idiom] exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-) moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › to surround and contain
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוֹט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i shall not be moved3 · 9%
- be removed3 · 9%
- be moved2 · 6%
- slippeth2 · 6%
- fall2 · 6%
- and fallen in decay1 · 3%
- shall slide1 · 3%
- that it be not moved1 · 3%
- in themselves; they cannot be moved1 · 3%
- when i am moved1 · 3%
- slip1 · 3%
- he shall not be moved1 · 3%
- be carried1 · 3%
- of her; she shall not be moved1 · 3%
- were moved1 · 3%
- for they cast1 · 3%
- to be moved1 · 3%
- thereof; for it shaketh1 · 3%
- moved1 · 3%
- are out of course1 · 3%
- that it cannot be moved1 · 3%
- that it shall not be moved1 · 3%
- that it should not be removed1 · 3%
- surely he shall not be moved1 · 3%
- which cannot be removed1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.