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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 8:9 - And H559➔ Moses H4872 said ➔H559 unto Pharaoh, H6547 Glory H6286 over me: H5921 when H4970 shall I intreat H6279 for thee, and for thy servants, H5650 and for thy people, H5971 to destroy H3772 the frogs H6854 from thee H4480 and thy houses, H1004 that they may remain H7604 in the river H2975 only? H7535

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - And H935➔ Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 came in ➔H935 unto H413 Pharaoh, H6547 and said H559 unto him, H413 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of the Hebrews, H5680 How long H5704 H4970 wilt thou refuse H3985 to humble H6031 thyself before me? H6440 let H7971➔ my people H5971 go, ➔H7971 that they may serve me. H5647

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And H559➔ Pharaoh's H6547 servants H5650 said ➔H559 unto him, H413 How long H5704 H4970 shall H1961➔ this man H2088 be ➔H1961 a snare H4170 unto us? let H7971➔ the men H376 go, ➔H7971 that they may serve H5647 the LORD H3068 their God: H430 knowest thou H3045 not yet H2962 that H3588 Egypt H4714 is destroyed? H6

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - And H559➔ Eli H5941 said ➔H559 unto her, H413 How H5704 long H4970 wilt thou be drunken? H7937 put away H5493 thy wine H3196 from thee. H5921

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto H413 Samuel, H8050 How H5704➔ H4970 long ➔H5704 wilt H56➔ thou H859 mourn ➔H56 for H413 Saul, H7586 seeing I H589 have rejected him H3988 from reigning H4427 over H5921 Israel? H3478 fill H4390 thine horn H7161 with oil, H8081 and go, H3212 I will send thee H7971 to H413 Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite: H1022 H1022 for H3588 I have provided H7200 me H589 a king H4428 among his sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then H7121➔ Abner H74 called ➔H7121 to H413 Joab, H3097 and said, H559 Shall H398➔ the sword H2719 devour ➔H398 for ever? H5331 knowest thou H3045 not H3808 that H3588 it will be H1961 bitterness H4751 in the latter end? H314 how long H5704 shall it be then, H4970 ere H3808 thou bid H559 the people H5971 return H7725 from following H310 their brethren? H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - And H5066➔ Elijah H452 came ➔H5066 unto H413 all H3605 the people, H5971 and said, H559 How H4970 long H5704 halt H6452 ye H859 between H5921 two H8147 opinions? H5587 if H518 the LORD H3068 be God, H430 follow him: H3212 H310 but if H518 Baal, H1168 then follow H3212➔ H310 him. ➔H3212 And H3808➔ the people H5971 answered H6030 him H853 not ➔H3808 a word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - And H559➔ the king H4428 said ➔H559 unto me, H589 (the queen also H7694 sitting H3427 by him,) H681 For H5704 how long H4970 shall H1961➔ thy journey H4109 be? ➔H1961 and when H4970 wilt thou return? H7725 So it pleased H3190 H6440 the king H4428 to send me; H7971 and I set H5414 him a time. H2165

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When H518 I lie down, H7901 I say, H559 When H4970 shall I arise, H6965 and H4059➔ the night H6153 be gone? ➔H4059 and I am full H7646 of tossings to and fro H5076 unto H5704 the dawning of the day. H5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - My soul H5315 is also sore H3966 vexed: H926 but thou, H859 O LORD, H3068 how H5704 long? H4970

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - Mine enemies H341 speak H559 evil H7451 of me, H589 When H4970 shall he die, H4191 and H6➔ his name H8034 perish? ➔H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul H5315 thirsteth H6770 for God, H430 for H410➔ the living H2416 God: ➔H410 when H4970 shall I come H935 and appear H7200 before H6440 God? H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - O God, H430 how H4970 long H5704 shall H2778➔ the adversary H6862 reproach? ➔H2778 shall H5006➔ the enemy H341 blaspheme ➔H5006 thy name H8034 for ever? H5331

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts, H6635 how long H5704 H4970 wilt thou be angry H6225 against the prayer H8605 of thy people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - How long H5704 H4970 will ye judge H8199 unjustly, H5766 and accept H5375 the persons H6440 of the wicked? H7563 Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Return, H7725 O LORD, H3068 how H4970 long? H5704 and let it repent thee H5162 concerning H5921 thy servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - LORD, H3068 how H4970 long H5704 shall the wicked, H7563 how H4970 long H5704 shall H5937➔ the wicked H7563 triumph? ➔H5937

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Understand, H995 ye brutish H1197 among the people: H5971 and H3684➔ ye fools, ➔H3684 when H4970 will ye be wise? H7919

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will behave myself wisely H7919 in a H1870➔ perfect H8549 way. ➔H1870 O when H4970 wilt thou come H935 unto me? H413 I will walk H1980 within H7130 my house H1004 with H8537➔ a H3824➔ perfect ➔H8537 heart. ➔H3824

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - Mine eyes H5869 fail H3615 for thy word, H565 saying, H559 When H4970 wilt thou comfort me? H5162

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How many H4100 are the days H3117 of thy servant? H5650 when H4970 wilt thou execute H6213 judgment H4941 on them that persecute me? H7291

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How H4970 long H5704 wilt thou sleep, H7901 O sluggard? H6102 when H4970 wilt thou arise H6965 out of thy sleep? H8142

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - They have stricken me, H5221 shalt thou say, and I was H2470➔ not H1077 sick; ➔H2470 they have beaten me, H1986 and I felt H3045 it not: H1077 when H4970 shall I awake? H6974 I will seek it H1245 yet H5750 again. H3254

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then said I, H559 Lord, H136 how H5704 long? H4970 And he answered, H559 Until H5704 the cities H5892 be wasted H7582 without H369 inhabitant, H3427 and the houses H1004 without H369 man, H120 and the land H127 be H7582➔ utterly H8077 desolate, ➔H7582

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, H3389 wash H3526 thine heart H3820 from wickedness, H7451 that H4616 thou mayest be saved. H3467 How H4970 long H5704 shall H3885➔ thy vain H205 thoughts H4284 lodge ➔H3885 within thee? H7130

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How H4970 long H5704 shall I see H7200 the standard, H5251 and hear H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet? H7782

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How H4970 long H5704 shall H56➔ the land H776 mourn, ➔H56 and the herbs H6212 of every H3605 field H7704 wither, H3001 for the wickedness H7451 of them that dwell H3427 therein? the beasts H929 are consumed, H5595 and the birds; H5775 because H3588 they said, H559 He shall H7200➔ not H3808 see ➔H7200 our last end. H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen H7200 thine adulteries, H5004 and thy neighings, H4684 the lewdness H2154 of thy whoredom, H2184 and thine abominations H8251 on H5921 the hills H1389 in the fields. H7704 Woe H188 unto thee, O Jerusalem! H3389 wilt thou H2891➔ not H3808 be made clean? ➔H2891 when H310 H4970 shall it once H5750 be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How H4970 long H5704 shall H3426➔ this be ➔H3426 in the heart H3820 of the prophets H5030 that prophesy H5012 lies? H8267 yea, H5030➔ they are prophets ➔H5030 of the deceit H8649 of their own heart; H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How H4970 long H5704 wilt thou go about, H2559 O thou H1323➔ backsliding H7728 daughter? ➔H1323 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath created H1254 a new thing H2319 in the earth, H776 A woman H5347 shall compass H5437 a man. H1397

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Baldness H7144 is come H935 upon H413 Gaza; H5804 Ashkelon H831 is cut off H1820 with the remnant H7611 of their valley: H6010 how H4970 long H5704 wilt thou cut thyself? H1413

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard H8085 one H259 saint H6918 speaking, H1696 and H559➔ another H259 saint H6918 said ➔H559 unto that certain H6422 saint which spake, H1696 How long H5704 H4970 shall be the vision H2377 concerning the daily H8548 sacrifice, and the transgression H6588 of desolation, H8074 to give H5414 both the sanctuary H6944 and the host H6635 to be trodden under foot? H4823

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said H559 to the man H376 clothed H3847 in linen, H906 which H834 was upon H4605 the waters H4325 of the river, H2975 How H4970 long H5704 shall it be to the end H7093 of these wonders? H6382

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - Thy calf, H5695 O Samaria, H8111 hath cast H2186➔ thee off; ➔H2186 mine anger H639 is kindled H2734 against them: how H4970 long H5704 will it be ere H3808 they attain H3201 to innocency? H5356

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, H559 When H4970 will H5674➔ the new moon H2320 be gone, ➔H5674 that we may sell H7666 corn? H7668 and the sabbath, H7676 that we may set forth H6605 wheat, H1250 making H6994➔ the ephah H374 small, ➔H6994 and H1431➔ the shekel H8255 great, ➔H1431 and falsifying H5791 the balances H3976 by deceit? H4820

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Shall H5375➔ not H3808 all H3605 these H428 take up ➔H5375 a parable H4912 against him, H5921 and a taunting H4426 proverb H2420 against him, and say, H559 Woe H1945 to him that increaseth H7235 that which is not H3808 his! how long? H5704 H4970 and to him that ladeth H3513 himself H5921 with thick clay! H5671

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then H6030➔ the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 answered ➔H6030 and said, H559 O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 how H5704 long H4970 wilt H7355➔ thou H859 not H3808 have mercy ➔H7355 on Jerusalem H3389 and H853 on the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 against which H834 thou hast had indignation H2194 these H2088 threescore and ten H7657 years? H8141
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