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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.
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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 is little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses saith to Pharaoh, 'Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses -- only in the River they do remain?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And the servants of Pharaoh say unto him, 'Until when doth this one become a snare to us? send the men away, and they serve Jehovah their God; knowest thou not yet that Egypt hath perished?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - 'Until when hath this evil company that which they are murmuring against Me? the murmurings of the sons of Israel, which they are murmuring against Me, I have heard;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - And Eli saith unto her, 'Until when are thou drunken? turn aside thy wine from thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, 'For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, 'Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah is God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - And the king saith to me (and the queen is sitting near him), 'How long is thy journey? and when dost thou return?' and it is good before the king, and he sendeth me away, and I set to him a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth -- his name hath perished!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - Till when, O God, doth an adversary reproach? Doth an enemy despise thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Turn back, O Jehovah, till when? And repent concerning Thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - Till when do the wicked, O Jehovah? Till when do the wicked exult?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - Consumed have been mine eyes for Thy word, Saying, 'When doth it comfort me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How many are the days of Thy servant? When dost Thou execute Against my pursuers judgment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - 'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - 'They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - And I say, 'Till when, O Lord?' And He saith, 'Surely till cities have been wasted without inhabitant, And houses without man, And the ground be wasted -- a desolation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, 'He doth not see our latter end.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - Till when dost thou withdraw thyself, O backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath prepared a new thing in the land, Woman doth compass man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - 'And I hear a certain holy one speaking, and a certain holy one saith to the wonderful numberer who is speaking: Till when is the vision of the continual sacrifice, and of the transgression, an astonishment, to make both sanctuary and host a treading down?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - and he saith to the one clothed in linen, who is upon the waters of the flood, 'Till when is the end of these wonders?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Do not these -- all of them -- against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Wo to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - And the messenger of Jehovah answereth and saith, 'Jehovah of Hosts! till when dost Thou not pity Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, that Thou hast abhorred these seventy years?'
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