מוֹפֵתmôwphêth
wonder, sign, portent
Pronunciation: mo-faith' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4159
Meanings
1. wonder, as special display of God's power (Exodus 7:3; Exodus 11:9; Psalms 105:5)
2. sign or token of future event (1 Kings 13:3; 1 Kings 13:5; 2 Chronicles 32:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 36 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 4:21 And the Lord told Moses, “When you arrive back in Egypt, go to Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go.
- Exodus 7:3 But I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 7:9 “Pharaoh will demand, ‘Show me a miracle.’ When he does this, say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.’”
- Exodus 11:9 Now the Lord had told Moses earlier, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, but then I will do even more mighty miracles in the land of Egypt.”
- Exodus 11:10 Moses and Aaron performed these miracles in Pharaoh’s presence, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let the Israelites leave the country.
- Deuteronomy 4:34 Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.
See every passage
- Exodus 4:21, 7:3, 7:9, 11:9, 11:10
- Deuteronomy 4:34, 6:22, 7:19, 13:1, 13:2, 26:8, 28:46, 29:3, 34:11
- 1 Kings 13:3, 13:5
- 1 Chronicles 16:12
- 2 Chronicles 32:24, 32:31
- Nehemiah 9:10
- Psalms 71:7, 78:43, 105:5, 105:27, 135:9
- Isaiah 8:18, 20:3
- Jeremiah 32:20, 32:21
- Ezekiel 12:6, 12:11, 24:24, 24:27
- Joel 2:30
- Zechariah 3:8
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).