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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Isaiah 30:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
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Isaiah 32:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
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Isaiah 32:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
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Isaiah 33:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
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Isaiah 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
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Isaiah 35:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
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Isaiah 36:12 · 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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Isaiah 36:16 · 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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Isaiah 37:25 · 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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Isaiah 40:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
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Isaiah 41:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
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Isaiah 41:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
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Isaiah 43:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
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Isaiah 43:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
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Isaiah 43:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
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Isaiah 44:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
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Isaiah 44:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
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Isaiah 44:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
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Isaiah 48:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
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Isaiah 48:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
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Isaiah 49:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
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Isaiah 50:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
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Isaiah 51:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
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Isaiah 54:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
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Isaiah 55:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
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Isaiah 57:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
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Isaiah 58:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
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Isaiah 63:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
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Isaiah 64:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
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Source alternate reference: 64.1
Jeremiah 2:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
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Jeremiah 2:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now what will you gain on your way to Egypt to drink the waters of the Nile? What will you gain on your way to Assyria to drink the waters of the Euphrates?
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Jeremiah 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
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Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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Jeremiah 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
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Source alternate reference: 8.23
Jeremiah 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
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Source alternate reference: 9.14
Jeremiah 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.
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Source alternate reference: 9.17
Jeremiah 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
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Jeremiah 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
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Jeremiah 14:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
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Jeremiah 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
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Jeremiah 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
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Jeremiah 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
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Jeremiah 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
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Jeremiah 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
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Jeremiah 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
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Jeremiah 38:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
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Jeremiah 41:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
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Jeremiah 46:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
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Jeremiah 46:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’
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Jeremiah 47:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
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