Mat מַת

Mat (Hebrew מַת, Strong's H4962) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “man”. It occurs 22 times in 21 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Genesis

• Genesis 34:30
  And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 2:34
  And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
• Deuteronomy 3:6
  And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
• Deuteronomy 4:27
  And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
• Deuteronomy 26:5
  And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
• Deuteronomy 28:62
  And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
• Deuteronomy 33:6
  Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 16:19
  When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

Job

• Job 11:3
  Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
• Job 11:11
  For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
• Job 19:19
  All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
• Job 22:15
  Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
• Job 24:12
  Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
• Job 31:31
  If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—

Psalms

• Psalm 17:14
  From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
• Psalm 26:4
  I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.I do not sit with deceitful men, nor keep company with hypocrites.
• Psalm 105:12
  When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 3:25
  Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.
• Isaiah 5:13
  Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
• Isaiah 41:14
  Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the Lord, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 44:28
  Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!

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).