Cotay means “Sotai” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5479 — chara (“joy”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5479 סוֹטַי (Cowtay) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Cowtay (so-tah'-ee) n/p. 1. roving 2. Sotai, one of the Nethinim It has 2 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include sotai. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Cowtay (so-tah'-ee) n/p. 1. roving 2. Sotai, one of the Nethinim [from H7750] KJV: Sotai. Root(s): H7750
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5479. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Sotai
Usage: A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.55 § Sotai = "changeful" ancestor of a family of Solomon's servants who returned from exile with Zerubbabel
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Cowtay, 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.
2 indexed usages in Old Testament.
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5479.
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5479, grouped by book.
Cotay (Strong's H5479) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Sotai". Cowtay (so-tah'-ee) n/p. 1. roving 2. Sotai, one of the Nethinim
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's H5479 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5479 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sotai. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.