Word Study · Strong's H226 · Hebrew
אוֹת
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Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼôwth
“a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
Rendered in the KJV as
mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
- 80occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 55inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 80 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 55
- א֔וֹת4
- לְא֖וֹת4
- א֥וֹת3
- הָא֔וֹת3
- הָאוֹת֙3
- לְא֣וֹת3
- לְאוֹת֙3
- א֗וֹת2
- א֖וֹת2
- א֑וֹת2
- אֽוֹת־2
- אֹת֣וֹת2
and 43 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 27
- the signs10
- [will be] the sign9
- a sign9
- into a sign9
- signs5
- signs my4
- the sign4
- for a sign3
- into a sign of3
- signs his3
- [is] [the] sign of2
- [is] a sign2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 19
- noun · feminine singular12
- preposition + noun · feminine singular12
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular12
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural10
- noun · feminine plural5
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5
- preposition + noun · feminine plural5
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 12
- HR/Ncfsa · 12
- HTd/Ncfsa · 12
- HTd/Ncfpa · 10
- HNcfpa · 5
- HNcfsc · 5
- HR/Ncfpa · 5
- HNcfpc/Sp1bs · 4
- HNcfpc/Sp3ms · 3
- HR/Ncfsc · 3
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/R/Ncfpa · 1
All 80, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Exodus16 of 80 · 20%
- Deuteronomy12 of 80 · 15%
- Isaiah11 of 80 · 14%
- Psalms8 of 80 · 10%
- Genesis6 of 80 · 8%
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 1:14לְאֹתֹת֙leototpreposition + noun · feminine pluralAnd God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.here: into signs
- Genesis 4:15א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.here: a sign
- Genesis 9:12אֽוֹת־ʾot-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:here: [is] [the] sign of
- Genesis 9:13לְא֣וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.here: into a sign of
- Genesis 9:17אֽוֹת־ʾot-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and every creature on the earth.”here: [is] [the] sign of
- Genesis 17:11לְא֣וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.here: into a sign of
Exodus16 occurrences
- Exodus 3:12הָא֔וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”here: [will be] the sign
- Exodus 4:8הָאֹ֣תhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.here: the sign
- Exodus 4:8הָאֹ֥תhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.here: the sign
- Exodus 4:9הָאֹת֜וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralBut if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”here: the signs
- Exodus 4:17הָאֹתֹֽת׃ פhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralBut take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”here: the signs
- Exodus 4:28הָאֹתֹ֖תhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.here: the signs
- Exodus 4:30הָאֹתֹ֖תhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraland Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,here: the signs
- Exodus 7:3אֹתֹתַ֛יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,here: signs my
- Exodus 8:23הָאֹ֥תhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularI will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”here: the sign
- Exodus 10:1אֹתֹתַ֥יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,here: signs my
- Exodus 10:2אֹתֹתַ֖יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularand that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”here: signs my
- Exodus 12:13לְאֹ֗תleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularThe blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.here: into a sign
- Exodus 13:9לְא֜וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularIt shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.here: into a sign
- Exodus 13:16לְאוֹת֙leotpreposition + noun · feminine singularSo it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”here: into a sign
- Exodus 31:13א֨וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)“Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.here: [is] a sign
- Exodus 31:17א֥וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’”here: [is] a sign
Numbers5 occurrences
- Numbers 2:2בְאֹתֹת֙veototpreposition + noun · feminine plural“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.here: with [the] signs
- Numbers 14:11הָֽאֹת֔וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAnd the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?here: the signs
- Numbers 14:22אֹ֣תֹתַ֔יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularnot one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—here: signs my
- Numbers 16:38לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularAs for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”here: into a sign
- Numbers 17:10לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularThe LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”here: for a sign
Deuteronomy12 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:34בְּאֹתֹ֨תbeototpreposition + noun · feminine pluralOr has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?here: by signs
- Deuteronomy 6:8לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularTie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.here: for a sign
- Deuteronomy 6:22אוֹתֹ֣תʾototnoun · feminine pluralBefore our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.here: signs
- Deuteronomy 7:19וְהָאֹתֹ֤תvehaototconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralthe great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.here: and the signs
- Deuteronomy 11:3אֹֽתֹתָיו֙ʾototavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularthe signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;here: signs his
- Deuteronomy 11:18לְאוֹת֙leotpreposition + noun · feminine singularFix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.here: for a sign
- Deuteronomy 13:1א֖וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularIf a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,here: a sign
- Deuteronomy 13:2הָאוֹת֙haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularand if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”here: the sign
- Deuteronomy 26:8וּבְאֹת֖וֹתuveototconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluralThen the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.here: and by signs
- Deuteronomy 28:46לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularThese curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.here: into a sign
- Deuteronomy 29:3הָאֹתֹ֧תhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralYou saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.here: the signs
- Deuteronomy 34:11הָ֨אֹת֜וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralno prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,here: the signs
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 2:12א֥וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure signhere: a sign of
- Joshua 4:6א֖וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularto serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’here: a sign
- Joshua 24:17הָאֹת֤וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralFor the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.here: the signs
Judges1 occurrence
1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:34הָא֗וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.here: [will be] the sign
- 1 Samuel 10:1הָאוֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularThen Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?here: [will be] the sign
- 1 Samuel 10:7הָאֹת֥וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralWhen these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.here: the signs
- 1 Samuel 10:9הָאֹת֥וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralAs Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.here: the signs
- 1 Samuel 14:10הָאֽוֹת׃haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we will go up, because this will be our sign that the LORD has delivered them into our hands.”here: [will be] the sign
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 19:29הָא֔וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.here: [will be] the sign
- 2 Kings 20:8א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularNow Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”here: [will be] a sign
- 2 Kings 20:9הָאוֹת֙haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”here: [will be] the sign
Psalms8 occurrences
- Psalms 65:8מֵאוֹתֹתֶ֑יךָmeototeikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThose who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.here: from signs your
- Psalms 74:4אוֹתֹתָ֣םʾototamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYour foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,here: signs their
- Psalms 74:4אֹתֽוֹת׃ʾototnoun · feminine pluralYour foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,here: signs
- Psalms 74:9אֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּʾototeinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralThere are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.here: signs our
- Psalms 78:43אֹֽתוֹתָ֑יוʾototavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularwhen He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.here: signs his
- Psalms 86:17א֗וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularShow me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.here: a sign
- Psalms 105:27אֹתוֹתָ֑יוʾototavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThey performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.here: signs his
- Psalms 135:9אֹת֣וֹתʾototnoun · feminine pluralHe sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.here: signs
Isaiah11 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:11א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”here: a sign
- Isaiah 7:14א֑וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularTherefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.here: a sign
- Isaiah 8:18לְאֹת֥וֹתleototpreposition + noun · feminine pluralHere am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.here: for signs
- Isaiah 19:20לְא֥וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularIt will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.here: into a sign
- Isaiah 20:3א֣וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularThen the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,here: a sign
- Isaiah 37:30הָא֔וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAnd this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.here: [will be] the sign
- Isaiah 38:7הָא֖וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThis will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:here: [will be] the sign
- Isaiah 38:22א֑וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularAnd Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”here: [will be the] sign
- Isaiah 44:25אֹת֣וֹתʾototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,here: [the] signs of
- Isaiah 55:13לְא֥וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”here: into a sign of
- Isaiah 66:19א֗וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularI will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.here: a sign
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 10:2וּמֵאֹת֥וֹתumeototconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.here: and from [the] signs of
- Jeremiah 32:20אֹת֨וֹתʾototnoun · feminine pluralYou performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.here: signs
- Jeremiah 32:21בְּאֹת֣וֹתbeototpreposition + noun · feminine pluralYou brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.here: by signs
- Jeremiah 44:29הָאוֹת֙haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThis will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.here: [will be] the sign
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:3א֥וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singularThen take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.here: [will be] a sign
- Ezekiel 14:8לְא֣וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularI will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.here: into a sign
- Ezekiel 20:12לְא֔וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singularI also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.here: into a sign
- Ezekiel 20:20לְאוֹת֙leotpreposition + noun · feminine singularKeep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’here: into a sign