ma.yim H4325

מַי (ma.yim) means “water” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מַי Hebrew · H4325 581 tagged occurrences in 524 verses

Pronunciation guide: mah'-yim Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4325G

מַי · ma.yim · water

1) water, waters 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

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TBESH · H4325H

מַי · ma.yim · Water (Gate)

This name means water, refreshment

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

KJV glosses: [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

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How translators render H4325

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
water	116
the waters	79
waters	42
with water	39
of water	36
the water	34
and water	23
like water	14
in the water	6
of the waters	6
and the waters	5
for water	5
at the waters	4
vvv	4
your water	4
as water	3
in water	3
of the water	3
to the waters	3
and	2
and it	2
as the waters	2
by the waters	2
flood	2
in the waters	2
its water	2
let the waters	2
of tears	2
of waters	2
or in the waters	2
so that the waters	2
so the waters	2
to the water	2
were the waters	2
whose waters	2
with the water	2
a flood	1
and be like water	1
and his water	1
and its waters	1
and its waves	1
and made water	1
and storm	1
and the water	1
and the waters there	1
and the watery	1
and waterless land	1
and you waters	1
brought the waters	1
but the water	1
by the water	1
causes the water	1
even to go for water	1
finally the waters	1
floodwaters	1
for preparing the water	1
for the waters	1
from the line	1
from the waters	1
give him water	1
he made the waters	1
he made water	1
her waters	1
i will let her waters	1
if the waters	1
in the watering	1
in the waters above	1
into raging waters	1
it	1
it in the water	1
it in water	1
it only as waters	1
like a flood	1
like a river	1
must be rinsed with water	1
must we bring you water	1
of the sea	1
of the spring	1
of water as well	1
or water	1
pool	1
regarding the waters	1
rise	1
seas	1
so the water	1
some water	1
streams	1
that the waters	1
the floods	1
the floodwaters	1
the rain	1
the river	1
the sea	1
the water is ours	1
the water supply	1
the water there	1
the waters upright	1
their water	1
their waters	1
then the water	1
they	1
though their waters	1
through the water	1
through the waters	1
water in it	1
waterpots	1
were a spring of water	1
when the water	1
when the waters	1
will the waters	1
with tears	1
with water from that pot	1
you with water	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
water	80
the waters	62
waters	56
of water	43
in water	26
the water	21
of waters	20
and the waters	17
with water	14
of the water	13
in the waters	12
no water	11
for the waters	8
of the waters	8
that the waters	8
like water	7
and the water	6
and water	6
as water	5
by the waters	5
and with water	4
as the waters	4
unto the water	4
as waters	3
at the waters	3
in the water	3
them with water	3
upon the waters	3
whose waters	3
and my water	2
and there was no water	2
for water	2
from the waters	2
himself in water	2
into the water	2
let the waters	2
of thy water	2
their own piss	2
them water	2
to the waters	2
with waters	2
above the waters	1
after the water	1
also and the waters	1
also at the waters	1
also water	1
also with water	1
and all the waters	1
and became as water	1
and behold waters	1
and caused waters	1
and give them water	1
and given us water	1
and he made the waters	1
and the watersprings	1
and this water	1
and through water	1
and thy water	1
and waters	1
and ye waters	1
any more by the waters	1
as in water	1
at all with water	1
at the water	1
because the water	1
because their waters	1
because these waters	1
before them the waters	1
behold waters	1
beside all waters	1
beside the waters	1
but the water	1
by the water	1
causeth the waters	1
did the waters	1
even unto the water	1
for a water	1
for the dunghill	1
for the water	1
for washing	1
from under the waters	1
give him water	1
he caused the waters	1
he unto me these waters	1
her waters	1
him his waters	1
him out of the water	1
his water	1
how he made the water	1
i thee with water	1
if the waters	1
in the watering	1
into the waters	1
into water	1
into watersprings	1
it not in water	1
let not the waterflood	1
like the waters	1
me at the water	1
me water	1
on him as waters	1
our water	1
out of the waters	1
over against the water	1
over the waters	1
shall waters	1
snow water	1
so the waters	1
than all the waters	1
that hath no water	1
that the water	1
thee at the waters	1
thee waters	1
their water	1
their waters	1
them that the waters	1
then will i make their waters	1
there any water	1
there by the waters	1
there for water	1
these waters	1
thou hast not given water	1
thy water	1
to the water	1
to them water	1
toward the waters	1
until the waters	1
until water	1
upon her waters	1
upon the water	1
upon them like water	1
upon them the waters	1
us water	1
watercourse	1
were waters	1
where was no water	1
which the waters	1
with him against them by the waters	1
with the water	1
ye to the waters	1
you water	1

Verses containing H4325

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Genesis 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
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Genesis 1:6 · BSB · 3 occurrences
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
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Genesis 1:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
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Genesis 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
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Genesis 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
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Genesis 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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Genesis 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
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Genesis 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
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Genesis 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
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Genesis 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
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Genesis 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
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Genesis 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
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Genesis 7:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
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Genesis 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.
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Genesis 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
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Genesis 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.
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Genesis 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
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Genesis 8:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
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Genesis 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
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Genesis 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
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Genesis 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
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Genesis 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
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Genesis 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
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Genesis 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
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Genesis 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
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Genesis 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
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Genesis 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
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Genesis 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
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Genesis 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
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Genesis 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
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Genesis 21:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
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Genesis 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
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Genesis 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As evening approached, he made the camels kneel down near the well outside the town at the time when the women went out to draw water.
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Genesis 24:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Here I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
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Genesis 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
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Genesis 24:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
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Genesis 24:43 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
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Genesis 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
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Genesis 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
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Genesis 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.
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Genesis 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
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Genesis 30:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,
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Genesis 37:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
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Genesis 43:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.
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Genesis 49:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
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Exodus 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
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Exodus 4:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
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Exodus 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
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Exodus 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
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