Môthen — H4975

H4975 · Hebrew — מתן

Pronunciation: mo'-then

Definition

masculine noun

properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins

  1. loins, hips
    1. used with H02223 in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

Usually translated as

loins, side, greyhound

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be slender

Occurrences

Môthen occurs 47 times in 45 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (2), Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (10), Daniel (1), Amos (1), Nahum (2)

Strong's Lexicon — M