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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Psalms 114:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
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Psalms 119:136 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
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Psalms 124:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,
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Psalms 124:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the raging waters would have swept us away.
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Psalms 136:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
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Psalms 144:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
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Psalms 147:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sends forth His word and melts them; He unleashes His winds, and the waters flow.
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Psalms 148:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
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Proverbs 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
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Proverbs 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?
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Proverbs 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
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Proverbs 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.
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Proverbs 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
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Proverbs 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
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Proverbs 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
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Proverbs 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
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Proverbs 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
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Proverbs 25:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
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Proverbs 25:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
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Proverbs 27:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.
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Proverbs 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son—surely you know!
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Proverbs 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
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Ecclesiastes 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
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Ecclesiastes 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
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Song of Solomon 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
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Song of Solomon 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
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Song of Solomon 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
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Isaiah 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.
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Isaiah 1:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
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Isaiah 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
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Isaiah 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
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Isaiah 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.
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Isaiah 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
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Isaiah 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
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Isaiah 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
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Isaiah 15:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
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Isaiah 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The waters of Dimon are full of blood, but I will bring more upon Dimon—a lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.
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Isaiah 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
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Isaiah 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.
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Isaiah 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
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Isaiah 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
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Isaiah 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
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Isaiah 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
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Isaiah 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
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Isaiah 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
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Isaiah 23:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.
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Isaiah 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
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Isaiah 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
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Isaiah 30:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
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Isaiah 30:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
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