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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 BoxExo 10:3 - introierunt ergo Moses et Aaron ad Pharaonem et dixerunt ad eum haec dicit Dominus Deus Hebraeorum usquequo non vis subici mihi dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - dixerunt autem servi Pharaonis ad eum usquequo patiemur hoc scandalum dimitte homines ut sacrificent Domino Deo suo nonne vides quod perierit Aegyptus

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - usquequo multitudo haec pessima murmurat contra me querellas filiorum Israhel audivi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - dixitque ei usquequo ebria eris digere paulisper vinum quo mades

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - dixitque mihi rex et regina quae sedebat iuxta eum usque ad quod tempus erit iter tuum et quando reverteris et placuit ante vultum regis et misit me et constitui ei tempus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - si dormiero dico quando consurgam et rursum expectabo vesperam et replebor doloribus usque ad tenebras

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - [Vulgate 6:4] et anima mea turbata est valde et tu Domine usquequo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - [Vulgate 40:6] inimici mei loquentur malum mihi quando morietur et periet nomen eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - [Vulgate 41:3] sitivit anima mea Deum fortem viventem quando veniam et parebo ante faciem tuam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - [Vulgate 73:10] usquequo Deus exprobrabit adversarius blasphemabit inimicus nomen tuum in finem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - [Vulgate 79:5] Domine Deus exercituum usquequo fumabis ad orationem populi tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - [Vulgate 81:2] usquequo iudicatis iniquitatem et facies impiorum suscipitis semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - [Vulgate 89:13] revertere Domine usquequo et exorabilis esto super servis tuis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - [Vulgate 93:3] usquequo impii Domine usquequo impii exultabunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - [Vulgate 93:8] intellegite stulti in populo et insipientes aliquando discite

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - [Vulgate 100:2] erudiar in via perfecta quando venies ad me ambulabo in simplicitate cordis mei in medio domus meae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - [Vulgate 118:82] consumpti sunt oculi mei in verbum tuum dicentes quando consolaberis me

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - [Vulgate 118:84] quot sunt dies servi tui quando facies in persequentibus me iudicium

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - usquequo piger dormis quando consurges ex somno tuo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - et dices verberaverunt me sed non dolui traxerunt me et ego non sensi quando evigilabo et rursum vina repperiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - et dixi usquequo Domine et dixit donec desolentur civitates absque habitatore et domus sine homine et terra relinquetur deserta

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - lava a malitia cor tuum Hierusalem ut salva fias usquequo morabuntur in te cogitationes noxiae

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - usquequo videbo fugientem audiam vocem bucinae

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - usquequo deliciis dissolveris filia vaga quia creavit Dominus novum super terram femina circumdabit virum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - venit calvitium super Gazam conticuit Ascalon et reliquiae vallis earum usquequo concideris

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Et audivi unum de sanctis loquentem: et dixit unus sanctus alteri nescio cui loquenti: Usquequo visio, et iuge sacrificium, et peccatum desolationis, quae facta est: et sanctuarium, et fortitudo conculcabitur?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - Et dixi viro, qui erat indutus lineis, qui stabat super aquas fluminis: Usquequo finis horum mirabilium?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - proiectus est vitulus tuus Samaria iratus est furor meus in eis usquequo non poterunt emundari

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - dicentes quando transibit mensis et venundabimus merces et sabbatum et aperiemus frumentum ut inminuamus mensuram et augeamus siclum et subponamus stateras dolosas

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument et loquellam enigmatum eius et dicetur vae ei qui multiplicat non sua usquequo et adgravat contra se densum lutum

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - et respondit angelus Domini et dixit Domine exercituum usquequo tu non misereberis Hierusalem et urbium Iuda quibus iratus es iste septuagesimus annus est
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