מַי

ma.yim

Hebrew H4325 Noun, masculine 579 occurrences in 522 verses
מַי water

1. water, waters

a. water

b. water of the feet, urine

c. of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)

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Concordance 522 verses

  1. Judges 1:15 מָ֑יִם

    “Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

  2. Judges 4:19 מַ֖יִם

    Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.

  3. Judges 5:4 מָֽיִם׃

    O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

  4. Judges 5:19 מֵ֣י

    Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.

  5. Judges 5:25 מַ֥יִם

    He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

  6. Judges 6:38 מָֽיִם׃

    And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.

  7. Judges 7:4 הַמַּ֔יִם

    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

  8. Judges 7:5 הַמָּ֑יִםסהַמַּ֜יִם

    So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

  9. Judges 7:6 מָֽיִם׃ס

    And the number of those who lapped the water with their hands to their mouths was three hundred men; all the others knelt to drink.

  10. Judges 7:24 הַמַּ֔יִםהַמַּ֔יִם

    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

  11. Judges 15:19 מַ֙יִם֙

    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

  12. 1 Samuel 7:6 מַ֜יִם

    When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

  13. 1 Samuel 9:11 מָ֑יִם

    And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

  14. 1 Samuel 25:11 מֵימַ֔י

    Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

  15. 1 Samuel 26:11 הַמַּ֖יִם

    But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

  16. 1 Samuel 26:12 הַמַּ֙יִם֙

    So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

  17. 1 Samuel 26:16 הַמַּ֖יִם

    This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”

  18. 1 Samuel 30:11 מָֽיִם׃

    Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

  19. 1 Samuel 30:12 מַ֔יִם

    a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

  20. 2 Samuel 5:20 מָ֑יִם

    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

  21. 2 Samuel 12:27 הַמָּֽיִם׃

    Then Joab sent messengers to David to say, “I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

  22. 2 Samuel 14:14 וְכַמַּ֙יִם֙

    For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

  23. 2 Samuel 17:20 הַמָּ֑יִם

    When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.

  24. 2 Samuel 17:21 הַמַּ֔יִם

    After the men had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed up out of the well and went to inform King David, saying, “Get up and cross over the river at once, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

  25. 2 Samuel 21:10 מַ֥יִם

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

  26. 2 Samuel 22:12 מַ֖יִם

    He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

  27. 2 Samuel 22:17 מִמַּ֥יִם

    He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters.

  28. 2 Samuel 23:15 מַ֔יִם

    David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

  29. 2 Samuel 23:16 מַ֙יִם֙

    So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

  30. 1 Kings 13:8 מַּ֔יִם

    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

  31. 1 Kings 13:9 מָּ֑יִם

    For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

  32. 1 Kings 13:16 מַ֔יִם

    But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

  33. 1 Kings 13:17 מָ֑יִם

    For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

  34. 1 Kings 13:18 מָ֑יִם

    Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

  35. 1 Kings 13:19 מָֽיִם׃

    but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

  36. 1 Kings 13:22 מַ֔יִםמָ֑יִם

    but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

  37. 1 Kings 14:15 בַּמַּיִם֒

    For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.

  38. 1 Kings 17:10 מַ֛יִם

    So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

  39. 1 Kings 18:4 וָמָֽיִם׃

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

  40. 1 Kings 18:5 הַמַּ֔יִם

    Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

  41. 1 Kings 18:13 וָמָֽיִם׃

    Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

  42. 1 Kings 18:34 מַ֔יִם

    and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

  43. 1 Kings 18:35 הַמַּ֔יִםמָֽיִם׃

    So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

  44. 1 Kings 18:38 הַמַּ֥יִם

    Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

  45. 1 Kings 19:6 מָ֑יִם

    And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

  46. 1 Kings 22:27 וּמַ֣יִם

    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.’”

  47. 2 Kings 2:8 הַמַּ֔יִם

    And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

  48. 2 Kings 2:14 הַמַּ֔יִםהַמַּ֗יִם

    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.

  49. 2 Kings 2:19 וְהַמַּ֥יִם

    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

  50. 2 Kings 2:21 הַמַּ֔יִםלַמַּ֣יִם

    and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

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