# מִטָּה (mitah)

Israeli respelling: mi-tah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4296. 29 Old Testament occurrences.

a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier

King James renderings: bed(-chamber), bier.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mitah-h4296

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 47:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/31) — And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head.
- [Genesis 48:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/2) — And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
- [Genesis 49:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/33) — And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unt…
- [Exodus 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/3) — And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, a…
- [1 Samuel 19:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/13) — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
- [1 Samuel 19:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/15) — And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
- [1 Samuel 19:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/16) — And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
- [1 Samuel 28:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/28/23) — But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So h…
- [2 Samuel 3:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/31) — And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. A…
- [2 Samuel 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/4/7) — For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his he…
- [1 Kings 17:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/17/19) — And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon…
- [1 Kings 21:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/21/4) — And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I wil…
- [2 Kings 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/1/4) — Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah depar…
- [2 Kings 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/1/6) — And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thu…
- [2 Kings 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/1/16) — And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not becau…
- [2 Kings 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/10) — Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: an…
- [2 Kings 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/21) — And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
- [2 Kings 4:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/32) — And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- [2 Kings 11:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/11/2) — But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which…
- [2 Chronicles 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/22/11) — But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and pu…
- [2 Chronicles 24:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/24/25) — And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the so…
- [Esther 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/6) — Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds w…
- [Esther 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/8) — Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was…
- [Psalms 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/6/6) — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- [Proverbs 26:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/14) — As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
- [Song of Solomon 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/3/7) — Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
- [Ezekiel 23:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/23/41) — And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
- [Amos 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/3/12) — Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be…
- [Amos 6:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/6/4) — That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst…