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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2 Kings 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
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2 Kings 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
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2 Kings 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
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2 Kings 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
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2 Kings 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
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2 Kings 3:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
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2 Kings 3:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
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2 Kings 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
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2 Kings 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
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2 Kings 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”
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2 Kings 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”
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2 Kings 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
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2 Kings 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,
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2 Kings 19:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
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2 Kings 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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1 Chronicles 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
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1 Chronicles 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
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1 Chronicles 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.
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2 Chronicles 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
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2 Chronicles 32:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
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2 Chronicles 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
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2 Chronicles 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
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Ezra 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
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Nehemiah 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
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Nehemiah 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
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Source alternate reference: 4.17
Nehemiah 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
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Nehemiah 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
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Nehemiah 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
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Nehemiah 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
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Nehemiah 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
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Nehemiah 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
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Nehemiah 12:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
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Nehemiah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
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Job 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
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Job 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
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Job 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
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Job 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
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Job 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
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Job 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
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Job 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
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Job 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,
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Job 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
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Job 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
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Job 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
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Job 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
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Job 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
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Job 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
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Job 26:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
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Job 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
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