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Lexicon :: Strong's H4970 - māṯay

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מָתַי
Transliteration
māṯay
Pronunciation
maw-thah'ee
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to extend
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1266

Strong’s Definitions

מָתַי mâthay, maw-thah'ee; from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative):—long, when.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H4970 in the following manner: when, long.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H4970 in the following manner: when, long.

  1. when?

    1. with prep

      1. against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָתַי mâthay, maw-thah'ee; from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative):—long, when.
STRONGS H4970: Abbreviations
מָתַי 43 interrogative adverb when? (Arabic bdb060705; Assyrian mati: in Late Hebrew and Aramaic with the interrogative אַי, אֵימָתִי, אֵימָת, bdb060706), in OT only of future time:
a. alone, † Genesis 30:30 מָתַי אעשׂה גם אנכי לביתי when shall I also do, etc.? Amos 8:5; Psalm 41:6; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 94:8; Psalm 101:2; Psalm 119:82; Psalm 119:84; Proverbs 6:9; b Proverbs 23:35; Job 7:4 מָתַי אָקוּם, Nehemiah 2:6.
b. לְמָתַי against when? † Exodus 8:5 לְמָתַי לְךָ אַעְתִּיר.
c. עַדמָֿתַי until when? how long? followed by imperfect Exodus 10:7 עד מתי יהיה זה לנו למוקשׁ, 1 Samuel 1:14; Jeremiah 4:14, 21; Psalm 74:10; Psalm 82:2; Psalm 94:3; Proverbs 1:22 +, followed by participle1 Sam Proverbs 16:1; 1 Kings 18:21 הַסְּעִפִּים עַלשְֿׁתֵּי פֹּסְחִים אַתֶּם עַדמָֿתַי, followed by perfect † Exodus 10:3; Psalm 80:5; עַד מָתַי לֹא † 2 Samuel 2:26; Hosea 8:5; Zechariah 1:12; alone, Isaiah 6:11 וָאֹמַר עַדמָֿתַי אֲדֹנָי, Habakkuk 2:6 הוֺי הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹאלֿוֺ עַדמָֿתַי; with an aposiop., Psalm 6:4 עַדמָֿתָ֑י וְאַתָּה י׳, Psalm 90:13.
d. אַחֲרֵי מָתַי עוֺד, after how long yet? † Jeremiah 13:27.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:30

Exodus

8:5; 10:3; 10:7

1 Samuel

1:14

2 Samuel

2:26

1 Kings

18:21

Nehemiah

2:6

Job

7:4

Psalms

6:4; 41:6; 42:3; 74:10; 80:5; 82:2; 90:13; 94:3; 94:8; 101:2; 119:82; 119:84

Proverbs

1:22; 6:9; 16:1; 23:35

Isaiah

6:11

Jeremiah

4:14; 4:21; 13:27

Hosea

8:5

Amos

8:5

Habakkuk

2:6

Zechariah

1:12

H4970

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Strong's Number H4970 matches the Hebrew מָתַי (māṯay),
which occurs 43 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. The LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moshe said to Par`oh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - Moshe and Aharon went in to Par`oh, and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Par`oh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD, their God. Don't you yet know that Mitzrayim is destroyed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Yisra'el, which they murmur against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - `Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - The LORD said to Shemu'el, How long will you mourn for Sha'ul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Yisra'el? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Yishai the Beit-Hallachmite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Aviner called to Yo'av, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Eliyah came near to all the people, and said, How long go you limping between the two sides? if the LORD is God, follow him; but if Ba`al, then follow him. The people answered him not a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - The king said to me (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD -- how long?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - My enemies speak evil against me: "When will he die, and his name perish?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - LORD God Tzva'ot, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - "How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - LORD, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Consider, you senseless among the people; You fools, when will you be wise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes fail for your word. I say, "When will you comfort me?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - "How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - "They hit me, and I was not hurt; They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, "Lord, how long?" He answered, "Until cities are waste without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the land becomes utterly waste,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - Yerushalayim, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the shofar?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Yerushalayim! you will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the eretz: a woman shall encompass a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Baldness is come on `Aza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the continual burnt-offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - Let Shomron throw out his calf-idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be before the are capable of purity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Shabbat, that we may market wheat, Making the efah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the angel of the LORD replied, "O LORD of Hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Yerushalayim and on the cities of Yehudah, against which you have had indignation these seventy years?"
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