מׇתְנַיִם
motnayim
loins
Strong's H4975NounHebrewTWOT 1267a

מׇתְנַיִם (motnayim) is a Hebrew noun meaning loins. It appears 47 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4975).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1267a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1267a)loins; waist; greyhound, side
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַתְנַ֫יִם noun, masculine, dual: loins

Strong's H4975 מֹתֶן: properly, the waist or small of the back; only in plural the loins
KJV:greyhound, loins, side.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1267: מתן mtn — be stout, firm, enduring, make stout

See it in Scripture

Genesis 37:34Exodus 12:11Deuteronomy 33:11

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