H4159 môpēt portent
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">H4159 môpēt portent</span></p>
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<p>Something conspicuous, unusually signicant, prodigious, to be wondered at.</p>
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<p>Strongs Concordance: a wonder, sign, miracle, something to be wondered at; by implication a token or omen.</p>
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<p>Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Kittel): Often it is parallel to ʾôt (q.v.), which also means "sign," "symbol," "portent," "wonder," or "miracle". The LXX (Septuagint, late B.C. Greek version of the Old Testament) renders môpēt as tērata "prodigies," "marvels."</p>
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<p>Exodus 7.9, Moses' rod turning into a snake was a portent to Pharaoh.</p>
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<p>Deuteronomy 28.46, Israel's destruction, e.g. the execution of the curses pronounced against Israel for disobedience, was a portent.</p>
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<p>Isaiah 20.3, The prophet walking around naked and barefoot for 3 years was a portent to Egypt and Cush.</p>