Mayim מַי

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Mayim
מַי
Transliterationmayim
Strong's numberH4325 (H4325G, H4325H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosswater
Occurrences581 in 524 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (52)

Mayim (Hebrew מַי, Strong's H4325) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “water”. It occurs 581 times in 524 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H4325G: water

1) water, waters
1a) water
1b) water of the feet, urine
1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

H4325H: Water (Gate)

This name means water, refreshment

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

Translated as

KJVwater (306), waters (265), piss (2), watersprings (2), watering (1), washing (1), waterflood (1)
BSBwater (280), waters (158), like water (14), your water (4), tears (3), let the waters (2), floodwaters (2), its water (2), were the waters (2), flood (2), sea (2), whose waters (2), and 54 other renderings

Verses

Mayim occurs in 524 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (46): 1:2, 1:6, 1:7, 1:9, 1:10, 1:20, 1:21, 1:22, 6:17, 7:6, 7:7, 7:10, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:24, 8:1, 8:3, 8:5, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:11, 8:13, 9:11, 9:15, 16:7, 18:4, 21:14, 21:15, 21:19, 21:25, 24:11, 24:13, 24:17, 24:32, 24:43, 26:18, 26:19, 26:20, 26:32, 30:38, 37:24, 43:24, 49:4

Exodus (38): 2:10, 4:9, 7:15, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 7:24, 8:6, 8:20, 12:9, 14:21, 14:22, 14:26, 14:28, 14:29, 15:8, 15:10, 15:19, 15:22, 15:23, 15:25, 15:27, 17:1, 17:2, 17:3, 17:6, 20:4, 23:25, 29:4, 30:18, 30:20, 32:20, 34:28, 40:7, 40:12, 40:30

Leviticus (40): 1:9, 1:13, 6:28, 8:6, 8:21, 11:9, 11:10, 11:12, 11:32, 11:34, 11:36, 11:38, 11:46, 14:5, 14:6, 14:8, 14:9, 14:50, 14:51, 14:52, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:13, 15:16, 15:17, 15:18, 15:21, 15:22, 15:27, 16:4, 16:24, 16:26, 16:28, 17:15, 22:6

Numbers (36): 5:17, 5:18, 5:19, 5:22, 5:23, 5:24, 5:26, 5:27, 8:7, 19:7, 19:8, 19:9, 19:13, 19:17, 19:18, 19:19, 19:20, 19:21, 20:2, 20:5, 20:8, 20:10, 20:11, 20:13, 20:17, 20:19, 20:24, 21:5, 21:16, 21:22, 24:6, 24:7, 27:14, 31:23, 33:9, 33:14

Deuteronomy (20): 2:6, 2:28, 4:18, 5:8, 8:7, 8:15, 9:9, 9:18, 10:7, 11:4, 11:11, 12:16, 12:24, 14:9, 15:23, 23:4, 23:11, 29:11, 32:51, 33:8

Joshua (20): 2:10, 3:8, 3:13, 3:15, 3:16, 4:7, 4:18, 4:23, 5:1, 7:5, 9:21, 9:23, 9:27, 11:5, 11:7, 15:7, 15:9, 15:19, 16:1, 18:15

Judges (11): 1:15, 4:19, 5:4, 5:19, 5:25, 6:38, 7:4, 7:5, 7:6, 7:24, 15:19

1 Samuel (8): 7:6, 9:11, 25:11, 26:11, 26:12, 26:16, 30:11, 30:12

2 Samuel (10): 5:20, 12:27, 14:14, 17:20, 17:21, 21:10, 22:12, 22:17, 23:15, 23:16

1 Kings (17): 13:8, 13:9, 13:16, 13:17, 13:18, 13:19, 13:22, 14:15, 17:10, 18:4, 18:5, 18:13, 18:33, 18:35, 18:38, 19:6, 22:27

2 Kings (20): 2:8, 2:14, 2:19, 2:21, 2:22, 3:9, 3:11, 3:17, 3:19, 3:20, 3:22, 3:25, 5:12, 6:5, 6:22, 8:15, 18:27, 18:31, 19:24, 20:20

1 Chronicles (3): 11:17, 11:18, 14:11

2 Chronicles (4): 18:26, 32:3, 32:4, 32:30

Ezra (1): 10:6

Nehemiah (10): 3:26, 4:23, 8:1, 8:3, 8:16, 9:11, 9:15, 9:20, 12:37, 13:2

Job (25): 3:24, 5:10, 8:11, 9:30, 11:16, 12:15, 14:9, 14:11, 14:19, 15:16, 22:7, 22:11, 24:18, 24:19, 26:5, 26:8, 26:10, 27:20, 28:25, 29:19, 34:7, 36:27, 37:10, 38:30, 38:34

Psalms (49): 1:3, 18:11, 18:15, 18:16, 22:14, 23:2, 29:3, 32:6, 33:7, 42:1, 46:3, 58:7, 63:1, 65:9, 66:12, 69:1, 69:2, 69:14, 69:15, 73:10, 74:13, 77:16, 77:17, 77:19, 78:13, 78:16, 78:20, 79:3, 81:7, 88:17, 93:4, 104:3, 104:6, 105:29, 105:41, 106:11, 106:32, 107:23, 107:33, 107:35, 109:18, 114:8, 119:136, 124:4, 124:5, 136:6, 144:7, 147:18, 148:4

Proverbs (14): 5:15, 5:16, 8:24, 8:29, 9:17, 17:14, 18:4, 20:5, 21:1, 25:21, 25:25, 27:19, 30:4, 30:16

Ecclesiastes (2): 2:6, 11:1

Song of Solomon (3): 4:15, 5:12, 8:7

Isaiah (52): 1:22, 1:30, 3:1, 8:6, 8:7, 11:9, 12:3, 14:23, 15:6, 15:9, 17:12, 17:13, 18:2, 19:5, 19:8, 21:14, 22:9, 22:11, 23:3, 28:2, 28:17, 30:14, 30:20, 30:25, 32:2, 32:20, 33:16, 35:6, 35:7, 36:12, 36:16, 37:25, 40:12, 41:17, 41:18, 43:2, 43:16, 43:20, 44:3, 44:4, 44:12, 48:1, 48:21, 49:10, 50:2, 51:10, 54:9, 55:1, 57:20, 58:11, 63:12, 64:2

Jeremiah (26): 2:13, 2:18, 6:7, 8:14, 9:1, 9:15, 9:18, 10:13, 13:1, 14:3, 15:18, 17:8, 17:13, 18:14, 23:15, 31:9, 38:6, 41:12, 46:7, 46:8, 47:2, 48:34, 50:38, 51:13, 51:16, 51:55

Lamentations (5): 1:16, 2:19, 3:48, 3:54, 5:4

Ezekiel (40): 1:24, 4:11, 4:16, 4:17, 7:17, 12:18, 12:19, 16:4, 16:9, 17:5, 17:8, 19:10, 21:7, 24:3, 26:12, 26:19, 27:26, 27:34, 31:4, 31:5, 31:7, 31:14, 31:15, 31:16, 32:2, 32:13, 32:14, 34:18, 36:25, 43:2, 47:1, 47:2, 47:3, 47:4, 47:5, 47:8, 47:9, 47:12, 47:19, 48:28

Daniel (3): 1:12, 12:6, 12:7

Hosea (3): 2:5, 5:10, 10:7

Joel (2): 1:20, 3:18

Amos (5): 4:8, 5:8, 5:24, 8:11, 9:6

Jonah (2): 2:5, 3:7

Micah (1): 1:4

Nahum (3): 2:8, 3:8, 3:14

Habakkuk (3): 2:14, 3:10, 3:15

Zechariah (2): 9:11, 14:8

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).
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