Exit
מוֹצָאStrong’s H4161motsa (mo-tsa)
Appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Motsa is the Hebrew word usually translated “utterance of”, “export of” and “outlet of”. It appears in 26 verses of the Old Testament.
“Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.”
Meaning
- Act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, springa going forth · that which goes forth · place of going forth
How it's translated
- utterance of 4
- and export of 2
- outlet of 2
- points of departure their 1
- to points of departure their 1
- exit your 1
- a mine 1
- a going forth of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Ezekiel 4
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Job 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 30:12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
- Numbers 33:2And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
- Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
- Deuteronomy 23:23That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
- 2 Samuel 3:25Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
- 1 Kings 10:28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Hebrew dictionary
מוֹצָא motsa · exit
1) act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring 1a) a going forth 1a1) rising (sun), going forth of a command 1a2) goings forth, those going forth 1a3) way out, exit 1b) that which goes forth 1b1) utterance 1b2) export 1c) place of going forth 1c1) source or spring (of water) 1c2) place of departure 1c3) east (of sun) 1c4) mine (of silver)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “exit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EX'IT, noun
[Latin the 3d person of exeo, to go out.]
Literally, he goes out or departs. Hence,
- The departure of a player from the state, when he has performed his part.
- Any departure; the act of quitting the state of action or of life; death; decease.
- A way of departure; passage out of a place.
- A going out; departure.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.