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Hebrew

To die

מוּתStrong’s H4191

mut

Appears in 699 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Mut is the Hebrew word usually translated “died”, “die” and “certainly”. It appears in 699 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.”
Zechariah 11:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. To die, kill, have one executed(Qal) · (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch · (Hiphil) to kill, put to death · (Hophal)
How it's translated
  • and he died 120
  • he will die 52
  • certainly 47
  • he will be put to death 45
  • you will die 39
  • they will die 27
  • and he will die 25
  • to die 22

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 72
  • 2 Samuel 62
  • Numbers 59
  • 1 Samuel 52
  • Exodus 46
  • 1 Kings 46

28 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 699 verses, by book
Esther 1
4:11
Lamentations 1
3:6
Jonah 1
4:8
Habakkuk 1
1:12
Zechariah 1
11:9
Hebrew dictionary

מוּת mut · to die

1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “die” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DIE, verb intransitive

[See Day.]

  1. To be deprived of respiration, of the circulation of blood, and other bodily functions, and rendered incapable of resuscitation, as animals, either by natural decay, by disease, or by violence; to cease to live; to expire; to decease; to perish; and with respect to man, to depart from this world.“All the first born in the land of Egypt shall die” Exodus 11:5“The fish that is in the river shall die” Exodus 7:18
  2. To be punished with death; to lose life for a crime, or for the sake of another.“Christ died for our sins” 1 Corinthians 15:3
  3. To come to an end; to cease; to be lost; to perish or come to nothing; as, let the secret die in your own breast.
  4. To sink; to faint.“His heart died withing him, and he became as a stone” 1 Samuel 25:37
All definitions and other forms of “die”
  1. To languish with pleasure or tenderness; followed by away.
  2. To languish with affection.
  3. To recede as sound, and become less distinct; to become less and less; or to vanish from the sight, or disappear gradually.
  4. To lose vegetable life; to wither; to perish; as plants or seeds.
  5. To become vapid or spiritless, as liquors; mostly used in the participle; as the cider or beer is dead.
  6. In theology, to perish everlastingly; to suffer divine wrath and punishment in the future world.
  7. To become indifferent to, or to cease to be under the power of; as, to die to sin.
  8. To endure great danger and distress.“I die daily” 1 Corinthians 15:31

DIE, noun

plural dice.

  1. A small cube, marked on its faces with numbers from one to six, used in gaming, by being thrown from a box.
  2. Any cubic body; a flat tablet.
  3. Hazard; chance.

DIE, noun

plural Dies. A stamp used in coining money, in founderies, etc.

    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.