4296. mittah

Lexicon

mittah: Bed, couch

Original Word: מִטָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mittah
Pronunciation: MIT-tah
Phonetic Spelling: (mit-taw')
Definition: Bed, couch
Meaning: a bed, for, sleeping, eating, a sofa, litter, bier

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

bedchamber, bier

From natah; a bed (as extended) for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier -- bed((-chamber)), bier.

see HEBREW natah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from natah
Definition
a couch, bed
NASB Translation
bed (21), bedroom* (2), beds (1), bier (1), couch (3), couches (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מִטָּה noun feminine couch, bed (place of reclining; מטותם Ecclus 48:6); — absolute מִטָּה Amos 3:12 14t.; construct מִטַּת 2 Kings 4:21; suffix מִטָּתִי Psalm 6:7, מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:28, מִטָּתוֺ 2 Samuel 4:7 6t.; plural מִטּוֺת absolute 2 Kings 11:2; 2Chronicles 22:11, construct Amos 6:4; Esther 1:6; — couch, bed, common article of furniture 2 Kings 4:10, compare 2 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 17:19, for repose, especially at night, or in illness Genesis 47:31 (J; ׳ראֹשׁ הַמּ), compare Genesis 48:2 (J), Genesis 49:33 (P), Psalm 6:7; Proverbs 26:14; 2Chronicles 24:25 (probably), and for sitting, or reclining by day 1 Samuel 28:23; 1 Kings 21:4; ׳מְּאַת מ Amos 3:12; seat of King Solomon Songs 3:7; in bed-chamber (חֲדַר מִשְׁכָּב) Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; sometimes portable 1 Samuel 19:15 compare 1 Samuel 19:13; 1 Samuel 19:16, hence = bier 2 Samuel 3:31; sometimes high 2 Kings 1:4,6,16 (עָלָה שָׁם opposed to יָרַד מִן); sometimes costly, (with frames) of ivory Amos 6:4; for reclining at feasts, made of gold and silver Esther 1:6; compare כְּבוּדָּה ׳מ Ezekiel 23:41 glorious couch; חֲדַר הַמִּטּוֺת 2 Kings 11:2 2Chronicles 22:11 (see חֶדֶר). — compare also מִשְׁכָּב (שׁכב), עֶרֶשׂ.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root נָטָה (natah), meaning "to stretch out" or "to spread."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2825 (κλίνη, klinē): This Greek term is often used in the Septuagint and the New Testament to refer to a bed or couch, similar to the Hebrew מִטָּה. It appears in contexts such as Mark 2:4, where a paralytic is lowered through the roof on a bed, and in Acts 5:15, where people placed the sick on beds and mats so that Peter's shadow might fall on them.

The term מִטָּה, with its various applications, provides insight into the daily life and customs of ancient Israel, reflecting both the practical and symbolic aspects of beds and resting places in biblical times.

Usage: The word מִטָּה appears in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible, often describing a physical bed or couch. It is used both in literal and figurative senses, indicating a place of rest, comfort, or even mourning.

Context: • Literal Usage: מִטָּה is frequently used to describe a bed or couch in a domestic setting. For example, in Genesis 47:31, Jacob is described as bowing at the head of his bed. In 2 Kings 4:10, the Shunammite woman prepares a small room with a bed for the prophet Elisha.
• Symbolic and Figurative Usage: The term can also symbolize rest or repose, as seen in Psalm 6:6, where the psalmist speaks of drenching his bed with tears, indicating a place of sorrow and lamentation.
• Funerary Context: מִטָּה is used to describe a bier, a platform for carrying the deceased, as in 2 Samuel 3:31, where David commands the people to mourn over Abner's bier.
• Cultural and Historical Context: Beds in ancient Israel were often simple constructions, sometimes just a mat or a low platform. They were used not only for sleeping but also for reclining during meals, as seen in the cultural practices of the time.

Forms and Transliterations

בַמִּטָּ֛ה במטה הַמִּטָּ֑ה הַמִּטָּ֔ה הַמִּטָּ֞ה הַמִּטָּֽה׃ הַמִּטָּה֙ הַמִּטּ֑וֹת המטה המטה׃ המטות מִטַּ֖ת מִטָּ֖ה מִטָּ֣ה מִטָּ֥ה מִטָּת֔וֹ מִטָּת֖וֹ מִטָּתִ֑י מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ מִטָּתֽוֹ׃ מִטָּתוֹ֙ מִטּ֣וֹת מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ מטה מטות מטת מטתו מטתו׃ מטתי מטתך ḇam·miṭ·ṭāh ḇammiṭṭāh ham·miṭ·ṭāh ham·miṭ·ṭō·wṯ hammitTah hammiṭṭāh hammitTot hammiṭṭōwṯ miṭ·ṭā·ṯe·ḵā miṭ·ṭā·ṯî miṭ·ṭā·ṯōw miṭ·ṭāh miṭ·ṭaṯ miṭ·ṭō·wṯ mitTah miṭṭāh mitTat miṭṭaṯ mittaTecha miṭṭāṯeḵā mittaTi miṭṭāṯî mittaTo miṭṭāṯōw mitTot miṭṭōwṯ vammitTah

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 47:31
HEB: עַל־ רֹ֥אשׁ הַמִּטָּֽה׃ פ
NAS: [in worship] at the head of the bed.
KJV: bowed himself upon the bed's head.
INT: and the head of the bed

Genesis 48:2
HEB: וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב עַל־ הַמִּטָּֽה׃
NAS: and sat up in the bed.
KJV: himself, and sat upon the bed.
INT: and sat upon the bed

Genesis 49:33
HEB: רַגְלָ֖יו אֶל־ הַמִּטָּ֑ה וַיִּגְוַ֖ע וַיֵּאָ֥סֶף
NAS: his feet into the bed and breathed his last,
KJV: his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,
INT: his feet into the bed and breathed was gathered

Exodus 8:3
HEB: מִשְׁכָּבְךָ֖ וְעַל־ מִטָּתֶ֑ךָ וּבְבֵ֤ית עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙
NAS: and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses
KJV: and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house
INT: bed and on your bed the houses of your servants

1 Samuel 19:13
HEB: וַתָּ֙שֶׂם֙ אֶל־ הַמִּטָּ֔ה וְאֵת֙ כְּבִ֣יר
NAS: and laid [it] on the bed, and put
KJV: and laid [it] in the bed, and put
INT: and laid to the bed A quilt of goats'

1 Samuel 19:15
HEB: הַעֲל֨וּ אֹת֧וֹ בַמִּטָּ֛ה אֵלַ֖י לַהֲמִתֽוֹ׃
NAS: Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death.
KJV: Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay
INT: saying Bring his bed about may put

1 Samuel 19:16
HEB: הַתְּרָפִ֖ים אֶל־ הַמִּטָּ֑ה וּכְבִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים
NAS: the household idol [was] on the bed with the quilt
KJV: behold, [there was] an image in the bed, with a pillow
INT: the household on the bed the quilt of goats'

1 Samuel 28:23
HEB: וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב אֶל־ הַמִּטָּֽה׃
NAS: from the ground and sat on the bed.
KJV: from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
INT: and sat on the bed

2 Samuel 3:31
HEB: הֹלֵ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵ֥י הַמִּטָּֽה׃
NAS: walked behind the bier.
KJV: David [himself] followed the bier.
INT: walked behind the bier

2 Samuel 4:7
HEB: שֹׁכֵ֤ב עַל־ מִטָּתוֹ֙ בַּחֲדַ֣ר מִשְׁכָּב֔וֹ
NAS: as he was lying on his bed in his bedroom,
KJV: he lay on his bed in his bedchamber,
INT: was lying on his bed chamber bed

1 Kings 17:19
HEB: וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־ מִטָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: and laid him on his own bed.
KJV: and laid him upon his own bed.
INT: and laid his own bed

1 Kings 21:4
HEB: וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ עַל־ מִטָּת֔וֹ וַיַּסֵּ֥ב אֶת־
NAS: And he lay down on his bed and turned away
KJV: And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away
INT: lay because his bed and turned his face

2 Kings 1:4
HEB: אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלִ֥יתָ
NAS: You shall not come down from the bed where
KJV: Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up,
INT: says the LORD the bed you have gone

2 Kings 1:6
HEB: עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלִ֥יתָ
NAS: you shall not come down from the bed where
KJV: therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up,
INT: Ekron from the bed who have gone

2 Kings 1:16
HEB: בִּדְבָר֑וֹ לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־ עָלִ֥יתָ
NAS: you shall not come down from the bed where
KJV: therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up,
INT: act from the bed you have gone

2 Kings 4:10
HEB: ל֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם מִטָּ֥ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֖ן וְכִסֵּ֣א
NAS: and let us set a bed for him there,
KJV: and let us set for him there a bed, and a table,
INT: set there A bed table chair

2 Kings 4:21
HEB: וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּ עַל־ מִטַּ֖ת אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים
NAS: up and laid him on the bed of the man
KJV: and laid him on the bed of the man
INT: and laid on the bed of the man of God

2 Kings 4:32
HEB: מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־ מִטָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: was dead and laid on his bed.
KJV: was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.
INT: and laid on his bed

2 Kings 11:2
HEB: מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ אֹת֛וֹ
INT: and his nurse chamber bed and placed from

2 Chronicles 22:11
HEB: מֵֽינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַתַּסְתִּירֵ֡הוּ יְהוֹשַׁבְעַ֣ת
INT: and his nurse chamber bed be absent Jehoshabeath

2 Chronicles 24:25
HEB: וַיַּֽהַרְגֻ֥הוּ עַל־ מִטָּת֖וֹ וַיָּמֹ֑ת וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙
NAS: and murdered him on his bed. So he died,
KJV: and slew him on his bed, and he died:
INT: and murdered against his bed died buried

Esther 1:6
HEB: וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף
NAS: columns, [and] couches of gold
KJV: of marble: the beds [were of] gold
INT: columns of marble couches of gold and silver

Esther 7:8
HEB: נֹפֵ֔ל עַל־ הַמִּטָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
NAS: was falling on the couch where
KJV: was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther
INT: was falling on the couch after Esther

Psalm 6:6
HEB: בְכָל־ לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י
NAS: night I make my bed swim,
KJV: all the night make I my bed to swim;
INT: Every night my bed my tears my couch

Proverbs 26:14
HEB: וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל עַל־ מִטָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: So [does] the sluggard on his bed.
KJV: so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.
INT: So the sluggard on his bed

29 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4296
29 Occurrences

ham·miṭ·ṭāh — 11 Occ.
ham·miṭ·ṭō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
miṭ·ṭāh — 3 Occ.
miṭ·ṭaṯ — 1 Occ.
miṭ·ṭā·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
miṭ·ṭā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
miṭ·ṭā·ṯōw — 7 Occ.
miṭ·ṭō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
ḇam·miṭ·ṭāh — 1 Occ.