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Lexicon :: Strong's H4970 - māṯay

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 BoxGen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then crying out to Joab, Abner said, Are fighting and destruction to go on for ever? do you not see that the end will only be bitter? how long will it be before you send the people back and make them give up attacking their countrymen?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How short is the life of your servant! when will you give your decision against those who are attacking me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, Lord, how long? And he said in answer, Till the towns are waste and unpeopled, and the houses have no men, and the land becomes completely waste,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, make your heart clean from evil, so that you may have salvation. How long are evil purposes to have a resting-place in you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you go on turning this way and that, O wandering daughter? for the Lord has made a new thing on the earth, a woman changed into a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - The hair is cut off from the head of Gaza; Ashkelon has come to nothing; the last of the Anakim are deeply wounding themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And I said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the waters of the river, How long will it be to the end of these wonders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the angel of the Lord, answering, said, O Lord of armies, how long will it be before you have mercy on Jerusalem and on the towns of Judah against which your wrath has been burning for seventy years?
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