מֹתֶן
môthen · mo'-then
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be slender;
properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
- properly, the waist or small of the back
- only in plural the loins
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] greyhound, loins, side.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֹתֶן 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
47 occurrences · 47 OT · 0 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by his side4 · 11%
- of his loins4 · 11%
- thy loins3 · 8%
- upon his loins2 · 6%
- loins2 · 6%
- upon their loins2 · 6%
- it; with your loins1 · 3%
- from the loins1 · 3%
- through the loins1 · 3%
- that was about his loins1 · 3%
- his loins1 · 3%
- on our loins1 · 3%
- on their loins1 · 3%
- about his loins1 · 3%
- their loins1 · 3%
- is in his loins1 · 3%
- upon our loins1 · 3%
- not; and make their loins1 · 3%
- a greyhound1 · 3%
- her loins1 · 3%
- from off thy loins1 · 3%
- therefore are my loins1 · 3%
- the loins1 · 3%
- it upon thy loins1 · 3%
- it on my loins1 · 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.