Mavet מָ֫וֶת
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| מָ֫וֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mavet |
| Strong's number | H4194 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | death |
| Occurrences | 156 in 151 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (22) |
Mavet (Hebrew מָ֫וֶת, Strong's H4194) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “death”. It occurs 156 times in 151 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
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
Aramaic equivalent: mot (מוֹת "death" H4193)
1a) death
1b) death by violence (as a penalty)
1c) state of death, place of death
Aramaic equivalent: mot (מוֹת "death" H4193)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | death (127), died (8), dead (8), die (8), dieth (5), deadly (1), slay (1), deaths (1) |
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| BSB | death (89), his death (9), died (4), dies (4), die (3), my death (3), deadly (3), he dies (2), he died (2), deserve to die (2), there is death (2), destined for death (2), and 27 other renderings |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Mavet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 21:16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
- Genesis 25:11And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai–roi.After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
- Genesis 26:18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
- Genesis 27:2And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
- Genesis 27:7Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.‘Bring me some game and prepare me a tasty dish to eat, so that I may bless you in the presence of the LORD before I die.’
- Genesis 27:10And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”
- Genesis 50:16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
Exodus
- Exodus 10:17Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
Leviticus
- Leviticus 11:31These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.
- Leviticus 11:32And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
- Leviticus 16:1And the Lord spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the Lord, and died;Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of two of Aaron’s sons when they approached the presence of the LORD.
Numbers
- Numbers 6:7He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the crown of consecration to his God is upon his head.
- Numbers 16:29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
- Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
- Numbers 35:25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Numbers 35:28Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
- Numbers 35:32And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 19:6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
- Deuteronomy 21:22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
- Deuteronomy 22:26But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
- Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
- Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
- Deuteronomy 33:1And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
Joshua
- Joshua 1:1Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
- Joshua 2:13And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
- Joshua 20:6And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
Judges
- Judges 1:1Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
- Judges 13:7But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”
- Judges 16:30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
Ruth
- Ruth 1:17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
- Ruth 2:11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 5:11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
- 1 Samuel 15:32Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
- 1 Samuel 15:35And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 20:3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- 1 Samuel 20:31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
- 1 Samuel 26:16This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 1:1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
- 2 Samuel 1:23Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
- 2 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
- 2 Samuel 6:23Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
- 2 Samuel 12:5And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
- 2 Samuel 15:21And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
- 2 Samuel 19:28For all of my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
- 2 Samuel 22:5When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- 2 Samuel 22:6The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 2:26And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- 1 Kings 11:40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 13:31And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 1:1Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.
- 2 Kings 2:21And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
- 2 Kings 3:5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 4:40So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
- 2 Kings 14:17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 15:5And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judging the people of the land.And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 22:4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
- 2 Chronicles 24:15But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
- 2 Chronicles 25:25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 26:21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.
- 2 Chronicles 32:33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.
Esther
- Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
Job
- Job 3:21Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;who long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
- Job 5:20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
- Job 7:15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
- Job 18:13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
- Job 27:15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
- Job 28:22Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
- Job 30:23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Job 38:17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
Psalms
- Psalm 6:5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
- Psalm 7:13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
- Psalm 9:13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
- Psalm 13:3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- Psalm 18:4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.
- Psalm 18:5The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me.
- Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- Psalm 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- Psalm 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
- Psalm 49:17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
- Psalm 55:4My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
- Psalm 55:15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Psalm 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- Psalm 68:20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
- Psalm 73:4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed.
- Psalm 78:50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
- Psalm 89:48What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- Psalm 107:18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.They loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.
- Psalm 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- Psalm 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.
- Psalm 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
- Psalm 118:18The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
- Proverbs 7:27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
- Proverbs 11:19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
- Proverbs 12:28In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
- Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 14:12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Proverbs 14:27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 16:25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
- Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
- Proverbs 24:11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Proverbs 26:18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 3:19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
- Ecclesiastes 10:1Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- Isaiah 14:28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
- Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Isaiah 28:18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
- Isaiah 38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
- Isaiah 53:9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 8:3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Jeremiah 15:2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- Jeremiah 18:23Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.But You, O LORD, know all their deadly plots against me. Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
- Jeremiah 21:8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Jeremiah 26:11Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”
- Jeremiah 26:16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”
- Jeremiah 43:11And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
- Jeremiah 52:11Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
- Jeremiah 52:34And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 1:20Behold, O Lord; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 18:23Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- Ezekiel 18:32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
- Ezekiel 28:10Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ezekiel 31:14To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
- Ezekiel 33:11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
Hosea
- Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Jonah
- Jonah 4:3Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
- Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
- Jonah 4:9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 2:5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).