Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
heap
Usage: ruin, heap
Mei means “heap” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4596 — serikos (“silk”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4596 מְעִי (m`iy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. m`iy (meh-ee') n-m. 1. a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. a ruin [from H5753] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include heap. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
m`iy (meh-ee') n-m. 1. a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. a ruin [from H5753] KJV: heap. Root(s): H5753 Compare: H5856
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4596. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
heap
Usage: ruin, heap
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render m`iy, 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.
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.
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.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H4596.
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4596, grouped by book.
Mei (Strong's H4596) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "heap". m`iy (meh-ee') n-m. 1. a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. a ruin [from H5753]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H4596 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4596 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as heap. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.