מוּג

mûwg · Hebrew · Strong's H4127 · 17 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “faint”

What it means

to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

consume, dissolve, faint, melt, make soft

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“faint”

also renders kámnō (G2577), ekkakéō (G1573), eklýō (G1590), dâveh (H1739), davvây (H1742), yâgaʻ (H3021), yâʻaph (H3286), yâʻêph (H3287), lâʼâh (H3811), mâçaç (H4549), nâçaç (H5263), ʻâṭaph (H5848), ʻâyêph (H5889), pûwg (H6313), rak (H7390), râkak (H7401), râphâh (H7503)

“consume”

also renders dapanáō (G1159), katanalískō (G2654), analískō (G355), bâlâh (H1086), gâzal (H1497), châçal (H2628), çûwph (H5487), çâphâh (H5595), tsâmath (H6789), râphâh (H7503), shᵉmad (H8046), tâmam (H8552)

“melt”

also renders tḗkō (G5080), lýō (G3089), dâlaph (H1811), mâçaç (H4549), nâzal (H5140), nâthak (H5413), tsâraph (H6884), temeç (H8557)

“dissolve”

also renders katalýō (G2647), lýō (G3089), shᵉrêʼ (H8271)

“make soft”

also renders râkak (H7401)

Where it appears

17 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Samuel 14:16 · HVNp3ms

The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.

Amos 9:5 · HC/Vqw3fs

For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Amos 9:13 · HVri3fp

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the one treading grapes him who sows seed; and sweet wine will drip from the mountains, and flow from the hills.

Exodus 15:15 · HVNp3cp

Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed. Trembling takes hold of the mighty men of Moab. All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Ezekiel 21:15 · HR/Vqc

I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter.

Isaiah 14:31 · HVNa

Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

Isaiah 64:7 HC/Vqw2ms/Sp1cpJeremiah 49:23 HVNp3cpJob 30:22 HC/Voi2ms/Sp1csJoshua 2:9 HVNp3cpJoshua 2:24 HVNp3cpNahum 1:5 HVrp3cpNahum 2:6 HVNp3msPsalm 46:6 HVqi3fsPsalm 65:10 HVoi2ms/Sp3fsPsalm 75:3 HVNrmpaPsalm 107:26 HVri3fs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.