Hebrew
מַי ma·yim
“water” · 581 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “water” 451
- “like water” 15
- “spring” 7
- “(not translated)” 5
- “flood” 5
- other ways 98
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 54 |
| Exodus | 44 |
| Leviticus | 43 |
| Numbers | 45 |
| Deuteronomy | 21 |
| Joshua | 23 |
| Judges | 13 |
| 1 Samuel | 8 |
| 2 Samuel | 10 |
| 1 Kings | 19 |
| 2 Kings | 24 |
| 1 Chronicles | 3 |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 |
| Ezra | 1 |
| Nehemiah | 10 |
| Job | 25 |
| Psalms | 53 |
| Proverbs | 14 |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 |
| Song of Songs | 3 |
| Isaiah | 56 |
| Jeremiah | 29 |
| Lamentations | 5 |
| Ezekiel | 48 |
| Daniel | 3 |
| Hosea | 3 |
| Joel | 2 |
| Amos | 5 |
| Jonah | 2 |
| Micah | 1 |
| Nahum | 3 |
| Habakkuk | 3 |
| Zechariah | 2 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
- water 576
- Water (Gate) 5
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“water” 451
Genesis 39
- 1:2 …hovering over the surface of the waters
- 1:6 …be an expanse between the waters to separate the waters…
- 1:6 …the waters to separate the waters from the waters…
- 1:6 …to separate the waters from the waters
- 1:7 …the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the…
- 1:7 …waters beneath it from the waters above And it was…
- 1:9 …And God said Let the waters under the sky be…
- 1:10 …earth and the gathering of waters He called seas And…
- 1:20 …And God said Let the waters teem with living creatures…
- 1:21 …that moves with which the waters teemed according to their…
- 1:22 …and multiply and fill the waters of the seas and…
- 7:7 …the ark to escape the waters of the flood…
- 7:17 …coming on the earth and the waters rose and lifted the…
- 7:18 So the waters continued to surge and…
- 7:18 …floated on the surface of the waters
- 7:20 The waters rose and covered the…
- 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth…
- 8:1 …wind over the earth and the waters began to subside…
- 8:3 The waters receded steadily from the…
- 8:3 …earth and after days the waters had gone down…
- 8:5 And the waters continued to recede until…
- 8:7 …back and forth until the waters had dried up from…
- 8:9 …in the ark because the waters were still covering the…
- 8:11 …So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the…
- 8:13 …of the first month the waters had dried up from…
- 9:11 …life be cut off by the waters of a flood never…
- 9:15 …every kind Never again will the waters become a flood to…
- 16:7 …Hagar by a spring of water in the desert the…
- 18:4 …Let a little water be brought that you…
- 21:19 …she saw a well of water So she went and…
- 24:13 …coming out to draw water
- 24:17 …me have a little water from your jar…
- 24:32 …brought to the camels and water to wash his feet…
- 24:43 …me drink a little water from your jar…
- 26:19 …a well of fresh water there…
- 26:32 …dug We have found water they told him…
- 30:38 …set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of…
- 37:24 …was empty with no water in it…
- 43:24 …Joseph’s house gave them water to wash their feet…
Exodus 39
- 2:10 …drew him out of the water
- 4:9 …the dry ground Then the water you take from the…
- 7:15 …see him walking out to the water Wait on the bank…
- 7:17 …hand I will strike the water of the Nile and…
- 7:18 …unable to drink its water
- 7:19 …out your hand over the waters of Egypt over their…
- 7:20 …the staff and struck the water of the Nile and…
- 7:20 …the Nile and all the water was turned to blood…
- 7:21 …could not drink its water And there was blood…
- 7:24 …dug around the Nile for water to drink because they…
- 7:24 …they could not drink the water from the river…
- 8:6 …out his hand over the waters of Egypt and the…
- 8:20 …when Pharaoh goes out to the water stand before him and…
- 12:9 …or cooked in boiling water but only roasted over…
- 14:21 …it into dry land So the waters were divided…
- 14:22 …dry ground with walls of water on their right and…
- 14:26 …hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over…
- 14:28 The waters flowed back and covered…
- 14:29 …dry ground with walls of water on their right and…
- 15:8 …blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up like a…
- 15:10 …lead in the mighty waters
- 15:22 …the desert without finding water
- 15:23 …they could not drink the water there because it was…
- 15:25 …he cast it into the waters they were sweetened There…
- 15:27 …there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees…
- 15:27 …they camped there by the waters
- 17:1 …but there was no water for the people to…
- 17:2 …with Moses Give us water to drink Why do…
- 17:3 …But the people thirsted for water there and they grumbled…
- 17:6 …you strike the rock water will come out of…
- 20:4 …on the earth below or in the waters beneath…
- 23:25 …bless your bread and your water And I will take…
- 29:4 …Meeting and wash them with water
- 30:18 …the altar and put water in it…
- 30:20 …LORD they must wash with water so that they will…
- 32:20 …powder over the face of the water Then he forced the…
- 34:28 …eating bread or drinking water He wrote on the…
- 40:12 …Meeting and wash them with water
- 40:30 …the altar and put water in it for washing…
Leviticus 2
And 371 more, on the full page.
“like water” 15
Deuteronomy 3
Joshua 1
- 7:5 …people melted and became like water
2 Samuel 1
- 14:14 …we will surely die and be like water poured out on the…
Job 3
Psalms 4
Lamentations 1
- 2:19 …Pour out your heart like water in the presence of…
Hosea 1
- 5:10 …My fury upon them like water
Micah 1
- 1:4 …wax before the fire like water rushing down a slope…
“spring” 7
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 5
“flood” 5
“floodwaters” 3
“well” 3
“it” 3
“as water” 3
“tears” 3
“when the water” 2
“as the waters” 2
“reservoirs” 2
“through the water” 2
“brooks” 2
“and” 2
“waters there” 2
“own urine” 2
“sea” 2
“made water” 2
“flowing springs” 2
“pool” 2
“whose waters” 2
“when the floodwaters” 1
Genesis 1
- 7:6 …Noah was years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth…
“finally the waters” 1
Genesis 1
- 7:19 Finally, the waters completely prevailed upon the…
“if the waters” 1
Genesis 1
- 8:8 …a dove to see if the waters had receded from the…
“skin of water” 1
Genesis 1
- 21:14 …got up took bread and a skin of water put them on Hagar’s…
“skin with water” 1
Genesis 1
- 21:19 …she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy…
“water is ours” 1
Genesis 1
- 26:20 …Isaac’s herdsmen and said The water is ours So he named the…
“some water” 1
Exodus 1
- 4:9 …to your voice take some water from the Nile and…
“brought the waters” 1
Exodus 1
- 15:19 …the sea the LORD brought the waters of the sea back…
“they” 1
Exodus 1
- 15:25 …it into the waters they were sweetened There the…
“water in it” 1
Exodus 1
- 40:7 …the altar and put water in it
“scales” 1
Leviticus 1
- 11:9 …eat anything with fins and scales
“must be rinsed with water” 1
Leviticus 1
- 11:32 …implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean…
“water from that pot” 1
Leviticus 1
- 11:34 …food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean and…
“body” 1
Numbers 1
- 19:8 …his clothes and bathe his body in water and he…
“preparing the water” 1
Numbers 1
- 19:9 …the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification this is…
“must we bring you water” 1
Numbers 1
- 20:10 …Listen now you rebels must we bring you water out of this rock…
“regarding the waters” 1
Numbers 1
- 27:14 …holiness in their sight regarding the waters Those were the waters…
“waterless land” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 8:15 …and scorpions a thirsty and waterless land He brought you water…
“made the waters” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 11:4 …horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea…
“drinks in” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 11:11 …of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven…
“water as well” 1
Judges 1
- 1:15 …Negev give me springs of water as well So Caleb gave her…
“water supply” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 12:27 …Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city…
“river” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 17:21 …up and cross over the river at once for Ahithophel…
“rain” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 21:10 …of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down…
“do so” 1
1 Kings 1
- 13:22 …He told you not to do so your body shall never…
Not matched to an English word 1
1 Kings 1
“even to go for water” 1
Nehemiah 1
- 4:23 …each carried his weapon even to go for water
“raging waters” 1
Nehemiah 1
- 9:11 …depths like a stone into raging waters
“myself” 1
Job 1
- 9:30 …If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse…
“only as waters” 1
Job 1
- 11:16 …forget your misery recalling it only as waters gone by…
“melting snow” 1
Job 1
- 24:19 …drought and heat consume the melting snow so Sheol steals those…
“like a flood” 1
Job 1
- 27:20 …Terrors overtake him like a flood a tempest sweeps him…
“watery” 1
Job 1
- 37:10 …the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen…
“storm” 1
Psalms 1
- 18:11 …darkness His hiding place and storm clouds a canopy around…
“rise” 1
Psalms 1
- 32:6 …Surely when great waters rise they will not come…
“though their waters” 1
Psalms 1
- 46:3 though their waters roar and foam and…
“waters upright” 1
Psalms 1
- 78:13 …them through He set the waters upright like a wall…
“waters above” 1
Psalms 1
- 104:3 …beams of His chambers in the waters above making the clouds His…
“waterway” 1
Proverbs 1
- 21:1 …The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of…
“give him water” 1
Proverbs 1
- 25:21 …if he is thirsty give him water to drink…
“swamplands” 1
Isaiah 1
- 14:23 …a place for owls and for swamplands I will sweep her…
“like a driving rain” 1
Isaiah 1
- 28:2 …hailstorm or destructive tempest like a driving rain or flooding downpour he…
“streams” 1
Isaiah 1
- 44:4 …like willows by flowing streams
“line” 1
Isaiah 1
- 48:1 …Israel who have descended from the line of Judah who swear…
“days of noah” 1
Isaiah 1
- 54:9 …Me this is like the days of Noah when I swore that…
“waves” 1
Isaiah 1
- 57:20 …it cannot be still and its waves churn up mire and…
“like a spring” 1
Isaiah 1
- 58:11 …a well watered garden like a spring whose waters never fail…
“causes the water” 1
Isaiah 1
- 64:2 …kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil to make…
“spring of water” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 9:1 …Oh that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a…
“seas” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 27:26 …you onto the high seas but the east wind…
“well watered” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 31:14 …clouds and no other well-watered trees would reach them…
“well watered trees” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 31:16 …best of Lebanon all the well-watered trees were consoled in the…
“again he measured” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 47:4 …through knee deep water Again he measured a thousand cubits and…
“like a river” 1
Amos 1
- 5:24 …let justice roll on like a river and righteousness like an…
“waterless” 1
Zechariah 1
- 9:11 …will release your prisoners from the waterless pit…
In our notes
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.