מוּת
mûwth · mooth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- to die (literally or figuratively)
- causatively, to kill
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV 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.
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)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מוּת 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
840 occurrences · 840 OT · 0 NT · 388 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- died73 · 20%
- die34 · 9%
- be put to death29 · 8%
- was dead27 · 7%
- shall die26 · 7%
- and he died18 · 5%
- and died14 · 4%
- and slew12 · 3%
- is dead11 · 3%
- slay11 · 3%
- that he die10 · 3%
- shall surely9 · 2%
- he shall surely8 · 2%
- dead8 · 2%
- shall be put to death8 · 2%
- to slay8 · 2%
- to die7 · 2%
- to kill7 · 2%
- that he died7 · 2%
- and not die6 · 2%
- he shall die6 · 2%
- of the dead6 · 2%
- put to death6 · 2%
- that they die5 · 1%
- shall be surely5 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis78
- Exodus59
- Leviticus41
- Numbers81
- Deuteronomy47
- Joshua11
- Judges40
- Ruth10
- 1 Samuel59
- 2 Samuel74
- 1 Kings57
- 2 Kings56
- 1 Chronicles25
- 2 Chronicles27
- Esther1
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.