mut · die

What it means

mut (מוּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “die”.

In the causative form, kill, put to death. Hebrew can repeat the verb for emphasis ("dying you will die" = "you will surely die").

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
2. To lose one's life as punishment.
3. To kill someone.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Die. In the causative form, cause to die, kill. From the same root is מָוֶת, “death”.

• To die Genesis 5:5
• A warning or sentence: “you will certainly die” Genesis 2:17Genesis 3:4
• The death penalty in the law Exodus 21:12
• To put to death 1 Samuel 17:50Deuteronomy 32:39

Historical and cultural background

The law uses that repetition for crimes punished with death: “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death” (Exodus 21:12).

How we translate it

“Die” 246 times, “died” 176, “dead” 112, “be put to death” 53, “put to death” 47. Hebrew often strengthens the verb by repeating it (“dying you will die”); this edition expresses it with “certainly” or “surely” (Genesis 2:17; Exodus 21:12). The causative form is rendered “put to death”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• die ×246
• died ×176
• dead ×112
• be put to death ×53
• put to death ×47
• put him to death ×41
• shall surely ×38
• dies ×37
• death ×26
• kill ×14
• others ×47

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×78
• Exodus×59
• Leviticus×41
• Numbers×79
• Deuteronomy×46
• Joshua×11
• Judges×40
• Ruth×10
• 1 Samuel×59
• 2 Samuel×73
• 1 Kings×58
• 2 Kings×56
• 1 Chronicles×25
• 2 Chronicles×27
• Esther×1
• Job×16
• Psalms×15
• Proverbs×8
• Ecclesiastes×9
• Isaiah×21
• Jeremiah×47
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×44
• Hosea×3
• Amos×5
• Jonah×2
• Habakkuk×1
• Zechariah×2

• Genesis 2:17

  but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat from it, for in the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”

• Genesis 3:3

  but from the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden Elohim has said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, or you will die.’”

• Genesis 3:4

  And the serpent said to the woman, “You will certainly not die;

• Genesis 5:5

  And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

• Genesis 5:8

  And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years and he died.

• Genesis 5:11

  And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years and he died.

• Genesis 5:14

  And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years and he died.

• Genesis 5:17

  And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years and he died.

• Genesis 5:20

  And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years and he died.

• Genesis 5:27

  And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years and he died.

• Genesis 5:31

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years and he died.

• Genesis 7:22

  Everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils, of all that was on dry land, died.

• Genesis 9:29

  And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

• Genesis 11:28

  Haran died in the presence of Terah his father in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

• Genesis 11:32

  The days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

• Genesis 18:25

  Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare like the wicked! Far be it from you! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice?”

• Genesis 19:19

  Look, your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have made great your loyal love that you have shown me by keeping me alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me and I die.

• Genesis 20:3

  But Elohim came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Look, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married to a husband.”

• Genesis 20:7

  Now then, return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you will surely die, you and all who are yours.”

• Genesis 23:2

  Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

• Genesis 23:3

  Then Abraham rose from beside his dead and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

• Genesis 23:4

  “I am a resident alien and a guest among you. Give me a possession for a grave among you, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

• Genesis 23:6

  “Hear us, my lord: you are a chief of Elohim among us. In the choicest of our graves bury your dead. No one of us will withhold his grave from you for burying your dead.”

• Genesis 23:8

  He spoke with them, saying, “If it is your will that I bury my dead out of my sight, hear me and intercede for me with Ephron son of Zohar,

• Genesis 23:11

  “No, my lord, hear me: the field I give you, and the cave that is in it I give it to you. In the sight of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead.”

• Genesis 23:13

  and he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, “If only you would hear me! I give the silver for the field; take it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

• Genesis 23:15

  “My lord, hear me: a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, between me and you, what is that? So bury your dead.”

• Genesis 25:8

  Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, old and satisfied, and he was gathered to his people.

• Genesis 25:17

  These are the years of the life of Ishmael: a hundred and thirty and seven years. He breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people.

• Genesis 25:32

  Esau said, “Look, I am going to die; what good is a birthright to me?”

• Genesis 26:9

  Abimelech called Isaac and said, “So she is your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I said to myself, ‘I might die because of her.’”

• Genesis 26:11

  So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

• Genesis 27:4

  and make me tasty food such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, so that I may bless you before I die.”

• Genesis 30:1

  Rachel saw that she had not borne children to Jacob, and Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

• Genesis 33:13

  He said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and the cattle that are nursing their young are in my care; if they are driven hard one day, all the flock will die.

• Genesis 35:8

  Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under the oak; so he called its name Allon-bacuth.

• Genesis 35:18

  As her life was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

• Genesis 35:19

  So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

• Genesis 35:29

  Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.

• Genesis 36:33

  Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.

And 797 more times.