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Strong's H4161 מוֹצָא (motsa)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4161 — poiema (“thing that is made”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4161
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 26
Books 13

Strong's H4161 Quick Answer

Strong's H4161 מוֹצָא מוֹצָא (mowtsa') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mowtsa' (mo-tsaw') (or motsai {mo-tsaw'}) n-m. 1. a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit 2. (hence) a source or product It has 26 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include going, went, place, forth, and go. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mowtsa' (mo-tsaw') (or motsai {mo-tsaw'}) n-m. 1. a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit 2. (hence) a source or product
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
going, went, place, forth, and go

Meaning and Definition

mowtsa' (mo-tsaw') (or motsai {mo-tsaw'}) n-m. 1. a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit 2. (hence) a source or product 3. specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation, utterance, a gate, a fountain, a mine, a meadow (as producing grass) [from H3318] KJV: brought out, bud, that which came out, east, going forth, goings out, that which (thing that) is gone out, outgoing, proceeded out, spring, vein, (water-)course (springs). Root(s): H3318

Original Word
מוֹצָא מוֹצָא
Transliteration
mowtsa'
Derivation
Root: יצא First root strongs: 3318
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4161. 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)

exit

Usage: 1) act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring 1a) a going forth 1a1) rising (sun), going forth of a command 1a2) goings forth, those going forth 1a3) way out, exit 1b) that which goes forth 1b1) utterance 1b2) export 1c) place of going forth 1c1) source or spring (of water) 1c2) place of departure 1c3) east (of sun) 1c4) mine (of silver)

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How Strong's H4161 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mowtsa', 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.

going 2 Samuel 3:25 forth Job 38:27 go Ezekiel 12:4 place Job 28:1 went 2 Kings 2:21

How Strong's H4161 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 26 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4161 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 H4161 in the Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 30:12 KJV

But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.

Numbers 33:2 KJV

And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

Deuteronomy 8:3 KJV

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4161.

Numbers 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
Deuteronomy 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Deuteronomy 23:23 Old Testament, KJV
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
2 Samuel 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
1 Kings 10:28 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
2 Kings 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
2 Chronicles 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
2 Chronicles 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Job 28:1 Old Testament, KJV
Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
Job 38:27 Old Testament, KJV
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Psalms 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
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 75:6 Old Testament, KJV
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalms 89:34 Old Testament, KJV
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalms 107:33 Old Testament, KJV
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Psalms 107:35 Old Testament, KJV
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Isaiah 41:18 Old Testament, KJV
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah 58:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Jeremiah 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Ezekiel 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
Ezekiel 42:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel 43:11 Old Testament, KJV
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
Ezekiel 44:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
Daniel 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Hosea 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4161, grouped by book.

Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4161 FAQ

What does motsa (מוֹצָא) mean?

Motsa (Strong's H4161) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "East". mowtsa' (mo-tsaw') (or motsai {mo-tsaw'}) n-m. 1. a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit 2. (hence) a source or product

How many times is motsa (מוֹצָא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H4161 across 13 books.

Where can I study motsa (מוֹצָא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4161 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate motsa (מוֹצָא)?

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