Ot אוֹת

Ot (Hebrew אוֹת, Strong's H226) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “sign: miraculous”. It occurs 80 times in 78 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0226G: sign: miraculous

H0226H: sign: indicator

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Ot, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 1:14
  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
• Genesis 4:15
  And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
• Genesis 9:12
  And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
• Genesis 9:13
  I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
• Genesis 9:17
  And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”
• Genesis 17:11
  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

Exodus

• Exodus 3:12
  And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
• Exodus 4:8
  And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
• Exodus 4:9
  And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
• Exodus 4:17
  And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
• Exodus 4:28
  And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
• Exodus 4:30
  And Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
• Exodus 7:3
  And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
• Exodus 8:23
  And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
• Exodus 10:1
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
• Exodus 10:2
  And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
• Exodus 12:13
  And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
• Exodus 13:9
  And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
• Exodus 13:16
  And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
• Exodus 31:13
  Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
• Exodus 31:17
  It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”

Numbers

• Numbers 2:2
  Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
• Numbers 14:11
  And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
• Numbers 14:22
  Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
• Numbers 16:38
  The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
• Numbers 17:10
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:34
  Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
• Deuteronomy 6:8
  And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
• Deuteronomy 6:22
  And the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
• Deuteronomy 7:19
  The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
• Deuteronomy 11:3
  And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;
• Deuteronomy 11:18
  Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
• Deuteronomy 13:1
  If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
• Deuteronomy 13:2
  And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
• Deuteronomy 26:8
  And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
• Deuteronomy 28:46
  And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
• Deuteronomy 29:3
  The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
• Deuteronomy 34:11
  In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,

Joshua

• Joshua 2:12
  Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give me a true token:Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
• Joshua 4:6
  That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
• Joshua 24:17
  For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.

Judges

• Judges 6:17
  And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:34
  And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
• 1 Samuel 10:1
  Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
• 1 Samuel 10:7
  And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
• 1 Samuel 10:9
  And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
• 1 Samuel 14:10
  But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 19:29
  And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
• 2 Kings 20:8
  And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
• 2 Kings 20:9
  And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:10
  And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

Job

• Job 21:29
  Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

Psalms

• Psalm 65:8
  They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.
• Psalm 74:4
  Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
• Psalm 74:9
  We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
• Psalm 78:43
  How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
• Psalm 86:17
  Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
• Psalm 105:27
  They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
• Psalm 135:9
  Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 7:11
  Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
• Isaiah 7:14
  Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
• Isaiah 8:18
  Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 19:20
  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
• Isaiah 20:3
  And the Lord said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,
• Isaiah 37:30
  And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
• Isaiah 38:7
  And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
• Isaiah 38:22
  Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
• Isaiah 44:25
  That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
• Isaiah 55:13
  Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
• Isaiah 66:19
  And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 10:2
  Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.
• Jeremiah 32:20
  Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
• Jeremiah 32:21
  And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
• Jeremiah 44:29
  And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 4:3
  Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 14:8
  And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
• Ezekiel 20:12
  Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
• Ezekiel 20:20
  And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).