Lexical Definition

‎מָוֶת‎ mâveth (maw'-veth) death H:N-M
from ‎מוּת‎

(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).

1) death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead
1a) death
1b) death by violence (as a penalty)
1c) state of death, place of death

See Greek: ᾅδης · τελευτή

Usage: 78 forms in 156 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
מוֹתֽוֹ death his Gen.27.10 • Deut.33.1 • Judg.13.7 • 1Chr.22.5 • Jer.52.11
מוֹתָֽהּ death her 2Sam.6.23
מוֹתֵ֧י deaths of Ezek.28.10
מוֹתִי֙ death my Deut.31.29
מוֹתִֽי death my Gen.27.2 • Gen.27.7 • Deut.31.27
מוֹתִ֖י death my Jonah.4.3 • Jonah.4.8
מוֹת֙ death of Num.35.25 • Num.35.28 • Josh.20.6 • 2Chr.24.17 • Isa.6.1
מוֹת֗וֹ death his 2Chr.26.21
מוֹת֖וֹ death his Gen.50.16
מוֹת֔וֹ death his 1Sam.15.35
מוֹת֑וֹ death his Jer.52.34
מוֹת death of 1Chr.2.24
מֹת֔וֹ death his 2Kgs.15.5
מָֽוֶת death 2Sam.22.6 • Job.18.13 • Ps.9.13 • Ps.18.5 • Ps.107.18 • Prov.7.27 • Prov.8.36 • Prov.12.28 • Prov.13.14 • Prov.14.12 • Prov.14.27 • Prov.16.25 • Prov.21.6 • Jonah.4.9
מָּ֑וֶת death Ps.89.48
מָ֥וֶת death 2Kgs.2.21 • Ps.22.15
מָ֤וֶת death 2Kgs.4.40 • Ps.49.14
מָ֣וֶת death Job.30.23 • Prov.2.18 • Prov.18.21 • Isa.38.18
מָ֝֗וֶת death Job.7.15 • Ps.55.4
מָ֙וֶת֙ death 1Sam.5.11 • 1Sam.26.16 • 2Sam.19.28 • Jer.8.3 • Jer.9.21 • Jer.26.11
מָ֗וֶת O death Hos.13.14
death Ps.116.3
מָ֖וֶת death Deut.21.22 • 1Sam.20.31 • 1Kgs.2.26
מָ֔וֶת death Deut.19.6 • 2Sam.12.5 • Eccl.10.1 • Isa.28.15 • Isa.28.18 • Jer.26.16
מָ֑וֶת death Deut.22.26 • 2Sam.22.5 • Job.38.17 • Ps.7.13 • Ps.18.4 • Prov.5.5 • Prov.16.14 • Jer.18.21
מִמָּוֶת֮ from death Ps.56.13
מִמָּֽוֶת from death Josh.2.13 • Prov.10.2 • Prov.11.4
מִמָּ֣וֶת from death Ps.33.19 • Ps.78.50
מִמָּ֗וֶת more than death Eccl.7.26
מִמָּ֖וֶת from death Hos.13.14
מִמָּ֑וֶת from death Job.5.20
מִ֫מָּ֥וֶת from death Ps.116.8
מ֥וֹת death of Josh.1.1 • 1Kgs.11.40 • 2Kgs.1.1 • 2Chr.22.4
מ֣וֹת death of Gen.25.11 • Gen.26.18 • Num.23.10 • Judg.1.1 • Ruth.2.11 • 2Sam.1.1 • Eccl.3.19 • Ezek.18.23
מ֖וֹת death of Num.35.28 • Num.35.32 • Isa.14.28
מ֔וֹת death of Lev.16.1 • 2Kgs.14.17 • 2Chr.25.25
לַמָּ֤וֶת for death Jer.15.2
לַמָּ֣וֶת for death Job.3.21 • Jer.43.11
לַמָּ֜וֶת to death Ezek.31.14
לַמָּ֙וֶת֙ to death Isa.53.12 • Jer.15.2
לַמָּ֗וֶת to death Jer.43.11
לַמָּ֔וֶת for death Jer.18.23
לַמָּ֑וֶת to death Prov.24.11
לַ֝מָּ֗וֶת to death Ps.68.20
לְמוֹתֽוֹ to own death his Prov.11.19
לְמוֹתָ֗ם to death their Ps.73.4
לְמָ֙וֶת֙ for death 2Sam.15.21
כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ like death Song.8.6 • Hab.2.5
כַּמָּֽוֶת like death Lam.1.20
כְּמ֥וֹת like death of Eccl.3.19
כְּמ֤וֹת like death of Num.16.29
כְּמ֣וֹת when died 2Kgs.3.5
יַשִּׁ֤ימָ֨וֶת may it deceive death Ps.55.15
וּבְמוֹתָ֖ם and in death their 2Sam.1.23
וּבְמ֤וֹת and at death of Esth.2.7
וָמָֽוֶת and death Prov.26.18
וָ֭מָוֶת and death Job.28.22
וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ and death Deut.30.19
וְ֝לַמָּ֗וֶת and to death Ps.118.18
הַמָּֽוֶת death 1Sam.15.32 • 1Sam.20.3 • Jer.21.8
the death Ps.13.3
הַמָּ֥וֶת the death Exod.10.17
הַמָּ֙וֶת֙ death Isa.25.8
הַמָּ֖וֶת death Deut.30.15
הַמָּ֔וֶת death Ruth.1.17 • Eccl.7.1 • Eccl.8.8
הַכְּמ֥וֹת ¿ like death of 2Sam.3.33
הַ֝מָּ֗וְתָה the death Ps.116.15
בַּמָּ֣וֶת by death Job.27.15
in death Ps.6.5
בְמוֹת֣וֹ in death his Prov.14.32
בְמוֹת֔וֹ at death his 2Chr.32.33
בְּמוֹתֽוֹ at death his 2Chr.24.15
בְּמוֹתִי֙ at death my 1Kgs.13.31
בְּמוֹת֔וֹ in death his Judg.16.30
בְּמֹתָ֜ם in death their Lev.11.32
בְּמֹתָ֖ם in death their Lev.11.31
בְּמֹתָ֑ם by death their Num.6.7
בְּמֹתָ֑יו in death his Isa.53.9
בְּמ֤וֹת at death of Prov.11.7
בְּמ֣וֹת in death of Ezek.18.32 • Ezek.33.11
on death of Gen.21.16
בְ֭מוֹתוֹ in death his Ps.49.17

Extended Information

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָ֫וֶת‎161 noun masculineExod 10:17 death; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 19:6 +; ‎מָֽ֫וְתָה‎ Ps 116:15 construct ‎מוֺת‎ Gen 25:11 +; suffix ‎מוֺתִו‎ Gen 27:2 +; plural construct ‎מוֺהֵי‎ Ezek 28:10 suffix ‎בְּמֹתָיו‎ Isa 53:9 —

1. death, opposed to life, Deut 30:15; Deut 30:19; 2Sam 15:21 ‎כל האדם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ the death of all men (that all go to) Num 16:29 (J), as distinguished from violent death; ‎׳‎‎יוֺם מ‎ day of death Gen 27:2 (J) Judg 13:7; 1Sam 15:35 +; ‎׳‎‎שְׁנַת מ‎ Isa 6:1; Isa 14:28 ‎׳‎‎עד מ‎ Num 35:25; Num 35:28; Num 35:32; Josh 20:6 (P), 1Kgs 11:40 ‎׳‎‎לפני מ‎ Gen 27:7; Gen 27:10; Gen 50:16 (JE); ‎׳‎‎אחרי מ‎ Gen 26:18 (J), Gen 25:11; Lev 16:1; Num 35:28 (P), Deut 31:27; Deut 31:29 (D) +; ‎׳‎‎בכור מ‎ Job 18:13 firstborn of death (deadly disease); of flies Eccl 10:1, unclean animals Lev 11:31; Lev 11:32 (P).

2. death by violence as a penalty : ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁפַּט מ‎ + ‎לְ‎ or ‎בְּ‎ person: a case of death to, or in a man, guilty of capital crime Deut 19:6; Deut 21:22; Jer 26:11; Jer 26:16 ‎׳‎‎חֵטְא מ‎ Deut 22:26 ‎׳‎‎מ‎ (‎י‎)‎בנ‎ 1Sam 20:31; 1Sam 26:16; 2Sam 12:5 ‎׳‎‎אישׁ מ‎ 2Sam 19:29* ‎׳‎‎אנשׁי מ‎ 1Kgs 2:26 ‎׳‎‎מַלְאֲכֵי מ‎ Prov 16:14 messengers of death; ‎במותָיו‎ Isa 53:9 in his (martyr-) death (see BrMP 359).

3. state of death or place of death (|| ‎שׁאול‎) Isa 28:15; Isa 28:18; Isa 38:18; Hos 13:14; Hab 2:5; Ps 6:6*; Ps 49:15*; Song 8:6; Prov 5:5; Prov 7:27 (|| ‎אבדון‎) Job 28:22 ‎׳‎‎שׁערי מ‎ gates of death Ps 9:14*; Ps 107:18; Job 38:17.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Genesis 25:11 · 26:18 · 27:2 · 27:7 · 27:10 · 50:16
Exodus 10:17
Leviticus 11:31 · 11:32 · 16:1
Numbers 16:29 · 35:25 · 35:28 · 35:32
Deuteronomy 19:6 · 21:22 · 22:26 · 30:15 · 30:19 · 31:27 · 31:29
Joshua 20:6
Judges 13:7
1 Samuel 15:35 · 20:31 · 26:16
2 Samuel 12:5 · 15:21 · 19:29*
1 Kings 2:26 · 11:40
Job 18:13 · 28:22 · 38:17
Psalms 6:6* · 9:14* · 49:15* · 107:18 · 116:15
Proverbs 5:5 · 7:27 · 16:14
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Song of Solomon 8:6
Isaiah 6:1 · 14:28 · 28:15 · 28:18 · 38:18 · 53:9
Jeremiah 26:11 · 26:16
Ezekiel 28:10
Hosea 13:14
Habakkuk 2:5