Lexical Definition

‎מוֹפֵת‎ môwphêth (mo-faith') wonder ^H:N-M
or מֹפֵת môphêth (mo-faith'); from ‎יָפָה‎ in the sense of conspicuousness

miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).

• a miracle
• by implication, a token or omen

1) wonder, sign, miracle, portent
1a) wonder (as a special display of God's power)
1b) sign, token (of future event)

See Greek: σημεῖον · τέρας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺפֵת‎ noun masculine^{Deut 29:2*} wonder, sign, portent (= ‎מאֹפֵת‎) — ‎מוֺפֵת‎ Exod 7:9 + 14 t.; ‎מוֺפֶתְכֶם‎ Ezek 12:11 ‎מוֺפְתִים‎ Deut 4:34 + 4 t.; ‎מֹפְתִים‎ Deut 6:22 + 9 t.; ‎מוֺפְתַי‎ Exod 7:3; Exod 11:9 ‎מוֺפְתָיו‎ Ps 78:43 ‎מֹפְתָיו‎ 1Chr 16:12; Ps 105:5 —

1. wonder, as special display of God's power Exod 7:3; Exod 11:9; Ps 105:5; 1Chr 16:12; Joel 3:3* by Moses and Aaron Exod 4:21; Exod 11:10 compare Exod 7:9 (in mouth of Pharaoh), by false prophets Deut 13:2*; Deut 13:3* (|| ‎אות‎); usually || ‎אות‎ Deut 4:34; Deut 6:22; Deut 7:19; Deut 26:8; Deut 29:2*; Deut 34:11; Ps 78:43; Ps 105:27; Ps 135:9; Jer 32:20; Jer 32:21; Neh 9:10 applied to effect of Yahweh's curse Deut 28:46 (|| ‎אות‎); to one protected by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 71:7.

2. sign or token of future event (compare ‎אוֺת‎) 1Kgs 13:3 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:5; 2Chr 32:24; 2Chr 32:31 symbolic act Isa 20:3 (|| ‎אות‎); as such the term is applied to persons Isa 8:18 (|| ‎אות‎) Ezek 12:6; Ezek 12:11; Ezek 24:24; Ezek 24:27 compare‎׳‎‎אַנְשֵׁי מ‎ Zech 3:8 men who serve as a symbol or sign. — Vb. used, of divine act, is ‎נתן‎ Exod 7:9 etc.,‎שׂים‎ Jer 32:20 ‎שׂים‎ also of entrusting to human power Exod 4:21, compare ‎דִּבֶּר‎ 1Kgs 13:3 of human agency ‎עשׂה‎ Exod 4:21; Exod 11:10, ‎נתן‎ 1Kgs 13:3; 1Kgs 13:5.

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