מַיִם
mayim · mah'-yim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
Lexicon
Derivation: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense);
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- water
- figuratively, juice
- by euphemism, urine, semen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַיִם 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
581 occurrences · 581 OT · 0 NT · 163 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- water73 · 18%
- waters54 · 13%
- the waters53 · 13%
- of water43 · 10%
- of waters20 · 5%
- the water19 · 5%
- and the waters16 · 4%
- of the water14 · 3%
- in water14 · 3%
- with water13 · 3%
- himself in water12 · 3%
- of the waters9 · 2%
- that the waters9 · 2%
- for the waters8 · 2%
- like water7 · 2%
- in the waters7 · 2%
- and water6 · 1%
- as water6 · 1%
- by the waters5 · 1%
- no water5 · 1%
- and the water5 · 1%
- as the waters4 · 1%
- unto the water4 · 1%
- and with water4 · 1%
- from the waters3 · 1%
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.