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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 these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - They made a grating for the altar, a bronze network, to be under its ledge, halfway up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the seam just 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, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - David did not take the number of the men twenty years old or less, because 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 - It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved and have given us a remnant like this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - I looked, and I saw a figure like that of a man.[fn] From what appeared to be his waist down he was like fire, and from there up his appearance was as bright as glowing metal.
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