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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 - At the two corners they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come halfway up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - At the two corners they were doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So he did for both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - "Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - The LORD says, "I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - As I watched, I noticed a form that appeared to be a man. From his waist downward was something like fire, and from his waist upward something like a brightness, like an amber glow.
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