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Lexicon :: Strong's H4295 - maṭṭâ

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מַטָּה
Transliteration
maṭṭâ
Pronunciation
mat'-taw
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָוַר (H5786) with directive enclitic appended
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TWOT Reference: 1352a

Strong’s Definitions

מַטָּה maṭṭâh, mat'-taw; from H5786 with directive enclitic appended; downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes:—beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H4295 in the following manner: beneath (7x), downward (5x), underneath (2x), very (1x), low (1x), under (1x), down (1x), less (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H4295 in the following manner: beneath (7x), downward (5x), underneath (2x), very (1x), low (1x), under (1x), down (1x), less (1x).

  1. downwards, below

    1. downwards

    2. under (of age)

    3. beneath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַטָּה maṭṭâh, mat'-taw; from H5786 with directive enclitic appended; downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes:—beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
STRONGS H4295: Abbreviations
† מַ֫טָּה, מָ֑֫טָּה adverb downwards (from [מַט] for [מַטֶּה] a place of declension (compare נָטָה, 3a), with ָ  ה locative, Ol222 b Köii. 280: compare the opposed to מַ֫עְלָהִ, below עָלָה): —
1. alone, Deuteronomy 28:43 and thou shalt descend מַ֫טָּה מָ֑֫טָּה downwards, downwards, i.e. lower and lower, Proverbs 15:24 לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֺל מ׳.
2. לְמַ֫טָּה :
a. downwards Deuteronomy 28:13 וְלֹא תִהְיֶה למ׳, Isaiah 37:31 = 2 Kings 19:30 שֹׁרֶשׁ למ׳ (compare Ph CIS1. i. 2, 11 f. אל יכן לם שׁרשׁ למט ופר למעל let them not have root downwards, or fruit upwards), Jeremiah 31:37; Ecclesiastes 3:21; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Ezra 9:13 כי אתה חָשַׂכְתָּ לְמַ֫טָּה מֵעֲוֺנֵנוּ either (Be) hast kept back, downward, part of our iniquity (prevented it from appearing, and being counted against us), or, held us (Ges), or thy anger (Ke), back, below (compare לְמַ֫עְלָה מֵעַל above, 2 Chronicles 34:4) our iniq. (punished us less than our iniq. deserved).
b. וּלְמַ֫טָּה,
(a) of space, and downwards, Ezekiel 1:27 וּמִמַּרְאֵה מָתְנָיו ול׳, Ezekiel 8:2;
(b) of age, and under, 1 Chronicles 17:23 לְמִבֶּן עשׂרים שׁנה וְ׳.
3. מִלְּמַ֫טָּה beneath (see H4480 מִן 9 a: opposed to מִלְמַעְלָה above), Exodus 26:24 = Exodus 36:29; Exodus 27:5 = Exodus 38:4, Exodus 28:27 = Exodus 39:20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

26:24; 27:5; 28:27; 36:29; 38:4; 39:20

Deuteronomy

28:13; 28:43

2 Kings

19:30

1 Chronicles

17:23

2 Chronicles

32:30; 34:4

Ezra

9:13

Proverbs

15:24

Ecclesiastes

3:21

Isaiah

37:31

Jeremiah

31:37

Ezekiel

1:27; 8:2

H4295

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Strong's Number H4295 matches the Hebrew מַטָּה (maṭṭâ),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - and they shall be joined beneath, and together shall be united at the top thereof to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - and they were joined beneath, and were coupled together at the top thereof into one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating of network of copper under its ledge from beneath, to the very middle of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof, just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to keep and to do them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - And David took not their number from twenty years old and under; for Jehovah had said he would increase Israel as the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - And he, Hezekiah, stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knoweth the spirit of the children of men? Doth it go upwards? and the spirit of the beasts, doth it go downwards to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus saith Jehovah: If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off the whole seed of Israel, for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And I saw as the look of glowing brass, as the appearance of fire, within it round about; from the appearance of his loins and upward, and from the appearance of his loins and downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - And I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the look of glowing brass.
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