Occurrences
Miṭṭâh occurs 29 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (7), 2 Chronicles (2), Esther (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Ezekiel (1), Amos (2)
- Genesis 47:31 — And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s (הַמִּטָּֽה) head.
- Genesis 48:2 — And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed (הַמִּטָּֽה).
- Genesis 49:33 — And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed (הַמִּטָּ֑ה), and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
- Exodus 8:3 — And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed (מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ), and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
- 1 Samuel 19:13 — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed (הַמִּטָּ֔ה), and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
- 1 Samuel 19:15 — And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed (בַמִּטָּ֛ה), that I may slay him.
- 1 Samuel 19:16 — And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed (הַמִּטָּ֑ה), with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
- 1 Samuel 28:23 — But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed (הַמִּטָּֽה).
- 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 himself followed the bier (הַמִּטָּֽה).
- 2 Samuel 4:7 — For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed (מִטָּתוֹ֙) in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
- 1 Kings 17:19 — And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed (מִטָּתֽוֹ).
- 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 inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed (מִטָּת֔וֹ), and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
- 2 Kings 1:4 — Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed (הַמִּטָּ֞ה) on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
- 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 it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed (הַמִּטָּ֞ה) on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
- 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 in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed (הַמִּטָּ֞ה) on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
- 2 Kings 4:10 — Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed (מִטָּ֥ה), and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
- 2 Kings 4:21 — And she went up, and laid him on the bed (מִטַּ֖ת) of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
- 2 Kings 4:32 — And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed (מִטָּתֽוֹ).
- 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 they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber (הַמִּטּ֑וֹת) from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
- 2 Chronicles 22:11 — But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber (הַמִּטּ֑וֹת). So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
- 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 priest, and slew him on his bed (מִטָּת֖וֹ), and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
- Esther 1:6 — Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds (מִטּ֣וֹת) were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
- Esther 7:8 — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed (הַמִּטָּה֙) whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Psalms 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed (מִטָּתִ֑י) to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Proverbs 26:14 — As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed (מִטָּתֽוֹ).
- Song of Songs 3:7 — Behold his bed (מִטָּתוֹ֙), which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
- Ezekiel 23:41 — And satest upon a stately bed (מִטָּ֣ה), 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 dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed (מִטָּ֖ה), and in Damascus in a couch.
- Amos 6:4 — That lie upon beds (מִטּ֣וֹת) 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;