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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4970 matches the Hebrew מָתַי (māṯay),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3

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And my soul is greatly dismayed;

But You, O Yahweh—how H4970 long H4970?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5

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My enemies speak evil against me,

“When H4970 will he die, and his name perish?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2

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My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;

When H4970 shall I come and [fn]appear before God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

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How H4970 long H4970, O God, will the adversary reproach?

Will the enemy spurn Your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4

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O Yahweh God of hosts,

How H4970 long H4970 will You [fn]smolder against the prayer of Your people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2

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How H4970 long H4970 will you judge unrighteously

And show partiality to the wicked? [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13

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Return, O Yahweh; how H4970 long H4970 will it be?

And [fn]be sorry for Your slaves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3

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How H4970 long H4970 shall the wicked, O Yahweh,

How H4970 long H4970 shall the wicked exult?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8

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Discern, you senseless among the people;

And when H4970 will you have insight, you fools?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2

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I will [fn]consider the way of the blameless.

When H4970 will You come to me?

I will walk within my house in the [fn]integrity of my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82

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My eyes fail with longing for Your [fn]word,

Saying, “When H4970 will You comfort me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84

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How many are the days of Your slave?

When H4970 will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

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