אוֹת ot
Hebrew word for “sign” · Strong’s H226 · used 79 times in 77 verses
Meaning
: miraculous; 1) sign, signal;
Senses in the lexicon
- sign: miraculous (47)
- sign: indicator (32)
How it is translated
Glosses given for ot in context, with how often each is used:
- signs 35
- sign 33
- will be the sign 9
- will be a sign 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 16 | 1.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 12 | 0.8 | |
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Psalms | 8 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Numbers | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Joshua | 3 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 4 (5), Genesis 9 (3), Exodus 10 (2), Exodus 13 (2), Exodus 31 (2), Numbers 14 (2), Deuteronomy 6 (2), Deuteronomy 11 (2), Deuteronomy 13 (2), 1 Samuel 10 (2)
Forms
- אות 17
- לאות 14
- האות 9
- האתות 6
- האתת 4
- אתתי 4
- אתות 4
- האת 3
- באתת 2
- אתותיו 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ot more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מוֹפֵת mophet “wonder” 18
- מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 19
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 15
- ךָּ ka “you” 14
- זֶה zeh “this” 14
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 10
- עַיִן ayin “eye” 11
- קֶרֶב qerev “entrails” 7
- פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 7
- חָזָק chazaq “strong” 5
- אֲנִי ani “I” 9
- יָדַע yada “to know” 9
Key verses
The verses using ot that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,…
- Exodus 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt,…
- Exodus 13:9 — And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand…
- Numbers 14:11 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among…
- Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
- Deuteronomy 13:1 — If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
- Nehemiah 9:10 — And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them.…
- Isaiah 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
- Isaiah 8:18 — Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
- Isaiah 44:25 — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
- Ezekiel 20:12 — Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
See all 77 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.