King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4159
Transliteration: mopheth
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-faith')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a wonder, sign, portent
Meaning: a miracle, a token, omen
Word Summary
mopheth: a wonder, sign, portent
Original Word: מוֹפֵתTransliteration: mopheth
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-faith')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a wonder, sign, portent
Meaning: a miracle, a token, omen
Strong's Concordance
miracle, sign, wondered at Or mopheth {mo-faith'}; from yaphah in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication, a token or omen -- miracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).
see HEBREW yaphah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4159. mopheth
מוֺפֵת noun masculineDeuteronomy 29:2 wonder, sign, portent (= מאֹפֵת) — מוֺפֵת Exodus 7:9 14t.; מוֺפֶתְכֶם Ezekiel 12:11; מוֺפְתִים Deuteronomy 4:34 4t.; מֹפְתִים 6:22 9t.; מוֺפְתַי Exodus 7:3; 11:9; מוֺפְתָיו Psalm 78:43; מֹפְתָיו 1 Chronicles 16:12; Psalm 105:5 —
1 wonder, as special display of God's power Exodus 7:3; 11:9; Psalm 105:5; 1 Chronicles 16:12; Joel 3:3; by Moses and Aaron Exodus 4:21; 11:10; compare 7:9 (in mouth of Pharaoh), by false prophets Deuteronomy 13:2; 13:3 ("" אות); usually "" אות 4:34; 6:22; 7:19; 26:8; 29:2; 34:11; Psalm 78:43; 105:27; 135:9; Jeremiah 32:20-21, Nehemiah 9:10; applied to effect of Yahweh's curse Deuteronomy 28:46 ("" אות); to one protected by ׳י Psalm 71:7.
2 sign or token of future event (compare אוֺת) 1 Kings 13:3 (twice in verse); 13:5; 2 Chronicles 32:24, 31; symbolic act Isaiah 20:3 ("" אות); as such the term is applied to persons 8:18 ("" אות) Ezekiel 12:6, 11; 24:24, 27; compareמ ׳אַנְשֵׁי Zechariah 3:8 men who serve as a symbol or sign. — Vb. used, of divine act, is נתן Exodus 7:9 etc.,שׂים Jeremiah 32:20; שׂים also of entrusting to human power Exodus 4:21, compare דִּבֶּר 1 Kings 13:3; of human agency עשׂה Exodus 4:21; 11:10, נתן 1 Kings 13:3, 5.