1) loins, hips 1a) used with zar.zir (זַרְזִיר "greyhound" H2223) in Pr 30:31; perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
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H4975 — מׇתְנַ֫יִם
mo.ten · loin · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 37:34 · בְּמָתְנָ֑יוJacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.Exodus 12:11 · מָתְנֵיכֶ֣םThis is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh’s Passover.Exodus 28:42 · מִמָּתְנַ֥יִםYou shall make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness; from the waist even to the thighs they shall reach:Deuteronomy 33:11 · מָתְנַ֧יִםYahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again.”2 Samuel 20:8 · מָתְנָיו֙When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war that he had put on, and on it was a sash with a sword fastened on his waist in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.1 Kings 2:5 · בְּמָתְנָ֔יו“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was about his waist, and in his shoes that were on his feet.1 Kings 12:10 · מִמָּתְנֵ֥יThe young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;’ you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.1 Kings 18:46 · מָתְנָ֑יוThe hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.1 Kings 20:31 · בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּHis servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth on our bodies, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he will save your life.”1 Kings 20:32 · בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜םSo they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”2 Kings 1:8 · בְּמָתְנָ֑יוThey answered him, “He was a hairy man, and wearing a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”2 Kings 4:29 · מָתְנֶ֗יךָThen he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the face of the child.”2 Kings 9:1 · מָתְנֶ֗יךָElisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, “Put your belt on your waist, take this vial of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.2 Chronicles 10:10 · מִמָּתְנֵ֥יThe young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.Nehemiah 4:18 · מָתְנָ֖יוand the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.Job 12:18 · בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.Job 40:16 · בְמָתְנָ֑יוLook now, his strength is in his thighs. His force is in the muscles of his belly.Psalm 66:11 · בְמָתְנֵֽינוּ׃You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.Psalm 69:23 · וּ֝מָתְנֵ֗יהֶםLet their eyes be darkened, so that they can’t see. Let their backs be continually bent.Proverbs 30:31 · מָתְנַ֣יִםthe greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.Proverbs 31:17 · מָתְנֶ֑יהָShe arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong.Isaiah 11:5 · מָתְנָ֑יוRighteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.Isaiah 20:2 · מָתְנֶ֔יךָat that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet.” He did so, walking naked and barefoot.Isaiah 21:3 · מָתְנַי֙Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.Isaiah 45:1 · וּמָתְנֵ֥יThus says Yahweh to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him, and strip kings of their armor; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:Jeremiah 1:17 · מָתְנֶ֔יךָ“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.Jeremiah 13:1 · מָתְנֶ֑יךָThus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.Jeremiah 13:2 · מָתְנָֽי׃ סSo I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.Jeremiah 13:4 · מָתְנֶ֑יךָTake the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.Jeremiah 13:11 · מָתְנֵי־For as the belt clings to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cling to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.Jeremiah 48:37 · מָתְנַ֖יִםFor every head is bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands are cuttings, and on the waist sackcloth.Daniel 10:5 · וּמָתְנָ֥יוI lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz:Amos 8:10 · מָתְנַ֙יִם֙I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.Nahum 2:1 · מָתְנַ֔יִםHe who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!Nahum 2:10 · מָתְנַ֔יִםShe is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.