Hebrew noun (feminine) · H226
אוֹת
othoth
sign: miraculous
80 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼôwth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H226is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 55spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H226
a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
The King James renders it: mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
oth is rendered "sign: miraculous". It stands 80 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:14And 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.
- The Greek text spells it fifty-five different ways.
The first use
And 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.
Genesis 1:14לְאֹתֹת֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a sign13
- the sign13
- the signs10
- into a sign9
- signs5
- signs my4
- for a sign3
- into a sign of3
- signs his3
- by signs2
- sign of2
- a sign of1
and 12 more, 80 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 80, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
55 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- א֔וֹת4
- לְא֖וֹת4
- א֥וֹת3
- הָא֔וֹת3
- הָאוֹת֙3
- לְא֣וֹת3
- לְאוֹת֙3
- א֗וֹת2
- א֖וֹת2
- א֑וֹת2
- אֽוֹת־2
- אֹת֣וֹת2
and 43 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular12HNcfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular12HR/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular12HTd/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural10HTd/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural5HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine plural5HR/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HNcfpc/Sp1bs
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcfpc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural1HC/R/Ncfpa
Genesis
six uses
And 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.
- לְאֹתֹת֙leototpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: into signs
“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.
- א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
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:
- אֽוֹת־ʾot-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sign of
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- לְא֣וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a sign 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.”
- אֽוֹת־ʾot-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: sign of
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- לְא֣וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a sign of
Exodus
sixteen uses
“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.”
- הָא֔וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
- הָאֹ֣תhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
- הָאֹ֥תhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
But 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.”
- הָאֹת֜וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”
- הָאֹתֹֽת׃ פhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
And Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and all the signs He had commanded him to perform.
- הָאֹתֹ֖תhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,
- הָאֹתֹ֖תhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt,
- אֹתֹתַ֛יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: signs my
I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
- הָאֹ֥תhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
Then 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,
- אֹתֹתַ֥יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: signs my
and 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.”
- אֹתֹתַ֖יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: signs my
The 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.
- לְאֹ֗תleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
It 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.
- לְא֜וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
So 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.”
- לְאוֹת֙leotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
“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.
- א֨וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a sign
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.’”
- א֥וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a sign
Numbers
five uses
“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.
- בְאֹתֹת֙veototpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with signs
And 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?
- הָֽאֹת֔וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
not 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—
- אֹ֣תֹתַ֔יʾototainoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: signs my
As 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.”
- לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
The 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.”
- לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for a sign
Deuteronomy
twelve uses
Or 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?
- בְּאֹתֹ֨תbeototpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by signs
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for a sign
Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
- אוֹתֹ֣תʾototnoun · feminine pluraltagged: signs
the 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.
- וְהָאֹתֹ֤תvehaototconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the signs
the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;
- אֹֽתֹתָיו֙ʾototavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: signs his
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
- לְאוֹת֙leotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for a sign
If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
- א֖וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
and 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,”
- הָאוֹת֙haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- וּבְאֹת֖וֹתuveototconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and by signs
These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
- לְא֖וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
- הָאֹתֹ֧תhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
no 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,
- הָ֨אֹת֜וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
Joshua
three uses
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 sign
- א֥וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a sign of
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
- א֖וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
For 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.
- הָאֹת֤וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
Judges
one use
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
1 Samuel
five uses
And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
- הָא֗וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
Then 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?
- הָאוֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sign
When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.
- הָאֹת֥וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
- הָאֹת֥וֹתhaototthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the signs
But 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.”
- הָאֽוֹת׃haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
2 Kings
three uses
And 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.
- הָא֔וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
Now 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?”
- א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
And 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?”
- הָאוֹת֙haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
Nehemiah
one use
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
- אֹתֹ֨תʾototnoun · feminine pluraltagged: signs
Job
one use
Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
- וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗םveototamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and signs their
Psalms
eight uses
Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.
- מֵאוֹתֹתֶ֑יךָmeototeikhapreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: from signs your
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- אוֹתֹתָ֣םʾototamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: signs their
- אֹתֽוֹת׃ʾototnoun · feminine pluraltagged: signs
There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.
- אֽוֹתֹתֵ֗ינוּʾototeinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: signs our
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
- אֹֽתוֹתָ֑יוʾototavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: signs his
Show me a sign of Your goodness, that my enemies may see and be ashamed; for You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
- א֗וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
- אֹתוֹתָ֑יוʾototavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: signs his
He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
- אֹת֣וֹתʾototnoun · feminine pluraltagged: signs
Isaiah
eleven uses
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
- א֔וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
Therefore 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.
- א֑וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
Here 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.
- לְאֹת֥וֹתleototpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: for signs
It 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.
- לְא֥וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
Then 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,
- א֣וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
And 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.
- הָא֔וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
- הָא֖וֹתhaotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
- א֑וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: sign
who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
- אֹת֣וֹתʾototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: signs 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.”
- לְא֥וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a sign of
I 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.
- א֗וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
Jeremiah
four uses
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.
- וּמֵאֹת֥וֹתumeototconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from signs of
You 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.
- אֹת֨וֹתʾototnoun · feminine pluraltagged: signs
You 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.
- בְּאֹת֣וֹתbeototpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: by signs
This 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.
- הָאוֹת֙haotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the sign
Ezekiel
four uses
Then 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.
- א֥וֹתʾotnoun · feminine singulartagged: a sign
I 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.
- לְא֣וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- לְא֔וֹתleotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- לְאוֹת֙leotpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a sign
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