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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Exodus 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
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Exodus 7:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
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Exodus 7:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
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Exodus 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 7:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.
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Exodus 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
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Source alternate reference: 8.2
Exodus 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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Source alternate reference: 8.16
Exodus 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.
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Exodus 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
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Exodus 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
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Exodus 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
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Exodus 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
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Exodus 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
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Exodus 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.
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Exodus 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But You blew with Your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
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Exodus 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
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Exodus 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
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Exodus 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
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Exodus 15:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
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Exodus 15:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
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Exodus 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
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Exodus 17:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
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Exodus 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
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Exodus 17:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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Exodus 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
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Exodus 23:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
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Exodus 29:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
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Exodus 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
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Exodus 30:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
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Exodus 32:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.
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Exodus 34:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
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Exodus 40:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
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Exodus 40:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
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Exodus 40:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;
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Leviticus 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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Leviticus 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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Leviticus 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.
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Source alternate reference: 6.21
Leviticus 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
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Leviticus 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 11:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
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Leviticus 11:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
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Leviticus 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.
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Leviticus 11:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
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Leviticus 11:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.
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Leviticus 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.
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Leviticus 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.
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Leviticus 11:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
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Leviticus 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
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Leviticus 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
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Leviticus 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
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