מִטָּה mittah

Hebrew word for “bed” · Strong’s H4296 · used 29 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

couch, bed, bier

How it is translated

Glosses given for mittah in context, with how often each is used:

• bed 22
• beds 3
• couch 2
• bier 1
• couches 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 19 (3), 2 Kings 1 (3), 2 Kings 4 (3), Genesis 47 (1), Genesis 48 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 8 (1), 1 Samuel 28 (1), 2 Samuel 3 (1), 2 Samuel 4 (1)

Forms

• המטה 11
• מטתו 7
• מטה 3
• המטות 2
• מטות 2
• מטתך 1
• במטה 1
• מטת 1
• מטתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mittah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מוּת mut “to die” 9
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 6
• חֶדֶר cheder “chamber” 4
• עֶרֶשׂ eres “bed” 3
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 7
• כָּבִיר kevir “quilt” 2
• בַּעַל זְבוּב baal zevuv “Baal-zebub” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 5
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
• מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת meraashah “head” 2
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 5
• כֹּה koh “thus” 4

Key verses

The verses using mittah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:33 — And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
• 2 Samuel 3:31 — And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David…
• 1 Kings 21:4 — And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the…
• 2 Kings 1:6 — And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is…
• 2 Kings 1:16 — And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God…
• 2 Kings 11:2 — But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and…
• 2 Chronicles 24:25 — And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the…
• Psalms 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
• Song of Solomon 3:7 — Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
• Ezekiel 23:41 — And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
• Amos 3:12 — Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that…
• Amos 6:4 — That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

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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.