H4975 - מֹתֶן (môthen)

H4975 מֹתֶן (môthen) mo'-then

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

loin

Strong's Definition

properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be slender;

KJV Usage: [phrase] greyhound, loins, side.

TWOT Reference: 1267a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) loins, hips

1a) used with H02223 in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) loins, hips 1a) used with zar.zir (זַרְזִיר "greyhound" H2223) in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מֹתֶן môthen BDB Definition: 1) loins, hips 1a) used with H2223 in Pro_30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be slender Same Word by TWOT Number: 1267a Total KJV Occurrences: 47

Bible Occurrences (45)

37:34

12:11 28:42

33:11

20:8

2:5 12:10 18:46 20:31 20:32

1:8 4:29 9:1

10:10

4:18

12:18 40:16

66:11 69:23

30:31 31:17

11:5 20:2 21:3 45:1

1:17 13:1 13:2 13:4 13:11 48:37

1:27 8:2 9:2 9:3 9:11 21:6 23:15 29:7 44:18 47:4

10:5

8:10

2:1 2:10

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Exodus 12:11

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel..., with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Exodus 28:42

Make linen undergarments to cover their bare flesh, extending from waist to thigh.

Deuteronomy 33:11

Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise [no more].

2 Samuel 20:8

[And while] they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire..., with a dagger strapped to his belt....... And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

1 Kings 2:5

Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me— what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, This is how you should answer these people who said to you,... Your father made our yoke heavy, but you must make it lighter -. This is what you should tell them: My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 18:46

And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to... Jezreel.