Hebrew · H4191 · unreviewed

מוּת

To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

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מוּת H4191

Pronunciation mût

What does מוּת (mût) mean in the Bible?

מוּת (mût) is a Hebrew word meaning "to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill". to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill BDB: die Usage: × at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.

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Meaning

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

Extended definition

Moves from literal death to spiritual/covenantal death; God's instrument of judgment and consequence for covenant violation.

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill BDB: die Usage: × at all, × crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), × must needs, slay, × surely, × very suddenly, × in (no) wise.

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 322×

Imperfect 1Sam 14:39 · 1Sam 14:45 · 2Kgs 8:10 · 2Kgs 13:14 · 2Kgs 14:6 · 2Sam 3:33 · 2Sam 12:14 · Amos 7:11 · Deut 20:5 · Deut 20:6 · Deut 20:7 · Deut 24:3 · Eccl 2:16 · Exod 9:4 · Exod 21:18 · Exod 28:35 168×

Perfect 1Chr 10:5 · 1Kgs 3:21 · 1Kgs 11:21 · 1Kgs 14:17 · 1Kgs 21:15 · 1Kgs 21:16 · 1Sam 14:45 · 1Sam 17:51 · 1Sam 25:39 · 1Sam 28:3 · 1Sam 31:5 · 2Chr 22:10 · 2Kgs 4:1 · 2Kgs 11:1 · 2Sam 1:5 · 2Sam 2:7 70×

Infinitive absolute 1Kgs 2:37 · 1Kgs 2:42 · 1Sam 14:39 · 1Sam 14:44 · 1Sam 22:16 · 2Kgs 1:4 · 2Kgs 1:6 · 2Kgs 1:16 · 2Kgs 8:10 · 2Sam 12:14 · 2Sam 14:14 · Exod 19:12 · Exod 21:12 · Exod 21:15 · Exod 21:16 · Exod 21:17 49×

Participle active 1Sam 24:15 · 2Kgs 4:32 · 2Kgs 19:35 · 2Kgs 20:1 · 2Kgs 23:30 · 2Sam 14:2 · 2Sam 19:7 · Deut 4:22 · Exod 12:30 · Exod 12:33 · Exod 14:30 · Ezek 24:17 · Ezek 44:25 · Gen 20:3 · Gen 30:1 · Gen 48:21 30×

Jussive Job 36:14 · Num 23:10 · Deut 33:6 3×

Cohortative 1Sam 12:19 · Gen 46:30 2×

Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 65×

Imperfect 1Kgs 2:24 · 1Sam 11:13 · 1Sam 19:6 · 1Sam 20:32 · 2Chr 15:13 · 2Chr 23:7 · 2Chr 23:14 · 2Kgs 11:8 · 2Kgs 14:6 · 2Sam 19:22 · 2Sam 19:23 · Deut 13:6 · Deut 17:6 · Exod 19:12 · Exod 21:12 · Exod 21:15 60×

Perfect 2Kgs 11:2 · 2Sam 21:9 2×

Jussive 2Kgs 11:15 · Jer 38:4 2×

Participle passive 1Sam 19:11 1×

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 30×

Perfect 1Chr 19:18 · 2Chr 25:4 · 2Kgs 14:6 · 2Kgs 16:9 · 2Sam 3:30 · 2Sam 21:1 · Judg 16:30 · 1Sam 30:2 · 2Chr 23:21 · 2Kgs 11:20 · 2Sam 13:32 · Num 17:6 13×

Imperfect 1Kgs 1:51 · 1Kgs 19:17 · 1Sam 5:11 · Isa 11:4 · Job 9:23 · Num 35:19 · Num 35:21 · Deut 32:39 · Gen 42:37 · Job 5:2 11×

Participle active 1Sam 2:6 · 2Kgs 17:26 · Jer 26:15 3×

Infinitive absolute 2Kgs 11:15 · Jer 38:15 2×

Infinitive construct Lev 20:4 1×

Polel 3×

Participle active 1Sam 14:13 1×

Perfect 2Sam 1:16 1×

Imperfect Ps 34:22 1×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses

Genesis 2:15-17 die mût