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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 43 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The LORD has blessed you through everything I’ve done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - “You set the time!” Moses replied. “Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and your people. Then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs. They will remain only in the Nile River.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Pharaoh’s officials now came to Pharaoh and appealed to him. “How long will you let this man hold us hostage? Let the men go to worship the LORD their God! Don’t you realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - “How long must I put up with this wicked community and its complaints about me? Yes, I have heard the complaints the Israelites are making against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - “Must you come here drunk?” he demanded. “Throw away your wine!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don’t you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - Lying in bed, I think, ‘When will it be morning?’
But the night drags on, and I toss till dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - I am sick at heart.
How long, O LORD, until you restore me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - But my enemies say nothing but evil about me.
“How soon will he die and be forgotten?” they ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies,
how long will you be angry with our prayers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - “How long will you hand down unjust decisions
by favoring the wicked?
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - O LORD, come back to us!
How long will you delay?
Take pity on your servants!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - How long, O LORD?
How long will the wicked be allowed to gloat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?

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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 help me?
I will lead a life of integrity
in my own home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes are straining to see your promises come true.
When will you comfort me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How long must I wait?
When will you punish those who persecute me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
When will you wake up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - And you will say, “They hit me, but I didn’t feel it.
I didn’t even know it when they beat me up.
When will I wake up
so I can look for another drink?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, “Lord, how long will this go on?”
And he replied,
“Until their towns are empty,
their houses are deserted,
and the whole country is a wasteland;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, cleanse your heart
that you may be saved.
How long will you harbor
your evil thoughts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How long must I see the battle flags
and hear the trumpets of war?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long must this land mourn?
Even the grass in the fields has withered.
The wild animals and birds have disappeared
because of the evil in the land.
For the people have said,
“The LORD doesn’t see what’s ahead for us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your adultery and lust,
and your disgusting idol worship out in the fields and on the hills.
What sorrow awaits you, Jerusalem!
How long before you are pure?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you wander,
my wayward daughter?
For the LORD will cause something new to happen—
Israel will embrace her God.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Gaza will be humiliated, its head shaved bald;
Ashkelon will lie silent.
You remnant from the Mediterranean coast,[fn]
how long will you lament and mourn?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven’s army be trampled on?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - “O Samaria, I reject this calf—
this idol you have made.
My fury burns against you.
How long will you be incapable of innocence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over
and the religious festivals to end
so you can get back to cheating the helpless.
You measure out grain with dishonest measures
and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - “But soon their captives will taunt them.
They will mock them, saying,
‘What sorrow awaits you thieves!
Now you will get what you deserve!
You’ve become rich by extortion,
but how much longer can this go on?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Upon hearing this, the angel of the LORD prayed this prayer: “O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, for seventy years now you have been angry with Jerusalem and the towns of Judah. How long until you again show mercy to them?”
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