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Strong's H226 אוֹת (oth)

Oth means “mark” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G226 — aletheuo in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H226
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 77
Books 14

Strong's H226 Quick Answer

Strong's H226 אוֹת (owth) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. owth (oth) n-f. 1. a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc [probably from H225 (in the sense of appearing)] It has 77 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include signs. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
owth (oth) n-f. 1. a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc [probably from H225 (in the sense of appearing)]
Usage
77 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
signs

Meaning and Definition

owth (oth) n-f. 1. a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc [probably from H225 (in the sense of appearing)] KJV: mark, miracle, (en-)sign, token. Root(s): H225

Original Word
אוֹת
Transliteration
owth
Derivation
Root: אות First root strongs: 225
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H226. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

sign: miraculous

Usage: : miraculous 1) sign, signal 1a) a distinguishing mark 1b) banner 1c) remembrance 1d) miraculous sign 1e) omen 1f) warning 2) token, ensign, standard, miracle, proof

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How Strong's H226 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render owth, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

signs Genesis 1:14

How Strong's H226 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 77 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H226 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H226 in the Old Testament

77 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:14 KJV

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

Genesis 4:15 KJV

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Genesis 9:12 KJV

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Usage Excerpts

First 77 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H226.

Genesis 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Genesis 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Genesis 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis 17:11 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Exodus 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
Exodus 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Exodus 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
Exodus 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
Exodus 4:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Exodus 4:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Exodus 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 8:23 Old Testament, KJV
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
Exodus 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
Exodus 12:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Exodus 31:13 Old Testament, KJV
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
Exodus 31:17 Old Testament, KJV
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Numbers 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Numbers 14:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
Numbers 14:22 Old Testament, KJV
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Numbers 16:38 Old Testament, KJV
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
Numbers 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Deuteronomy 4:34 Old Testament, KJV
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deuteronomy 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Deuteronomy 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
Deuteronomy 11:18 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy 13:1 Old Testament, KJV
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Deuteronomy 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
Deuteronomy 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
Deuteronomy 28:46 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Deuteronomy 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Deuteronomy 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
Joshua 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
Joshua 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
Joshua 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
Judges 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
1 Samuel 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
1 Samuel 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
1 Samuel 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
1 Samuel 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
2 Kings 19:29 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
2 Kings 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
2 Kings 20:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
Nehemiah 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
Job 21:29 Old Testament, KJV
Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Psalms 65:8 Old Testament, KJV
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms 74:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
Psalms 74:9 Old Testament, KJV
We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
Psalms 78:43 Old Testament, KJV
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.
Psalms 86:17 Old Testament, KJV
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Psalms 105:27 Old Testament, KJV
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Psalms 135:9 Old Testament, KJV
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
Isaiah 7:11 Old Testament, KJV
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Isaiah 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 8:18 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Isaiah 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.
Isaiah 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isaiah 37:30 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
Isaiah 38:7 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Isaiah 38:22 Old Testament, KJV
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Isaiah 44:25 Old Testament, KJV
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
Isaiah 55:13 Old Testament, KJV
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah 66:19 Old Testament, KJV
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
Jeremiah 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
Jeremiah 32:20 Old Testament, KJV
Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
Jeremiah 32:21 Old Testament, KJV
And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
Jeremiah 44:29 Old Testament, KJV
And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
Ezekiel 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
Ezekiel 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H226, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 15 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 12 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H226 FAQ

What does oth (אוֹת) mean?

Oth (Strong's H226) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "mark". owth (oth) n-f. 1. a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc [probably from H225 (in the sense of appearing)]

How many times is oth (אוֹת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 77 linked usages for Strong's H226 across 14 books.

Where can I study oth (אוֹת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H226 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate oth (אוֹת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as signs. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.