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Lexicon :: Strong's H4295 - maṭṭâ

Aa
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 BoxExo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - The two are to be joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, forming the two angles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And make two more gold rings and put them on the front of the ephod at the top of the arms, at the join, over the worked band:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - These were joined together at the base and at the top to one ring, so forming the two angles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made a network of brass for the altar, under the frame round it, stretching half-way up;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And two other gold rings were put on the front of the ephod, over the arm-holes, at the join, and over the worked band.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - But David did not take the number of those who were under twenty years old, for the Lord had said that he would make Israel like the stars of heaven in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after everything which has come on us because of our evil-doing and our great sin, and seeing that the punishment which you, O God, have given us, is less than the measure of our sins, and that you have kept from death those of us who are here;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who is certain that the spirit of the sons of men goes up to heaven, or that the spirit of the beasts goes down to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth, and give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - And looking, I saw a form like fire; from the middle of his body and down there was fire: and up from the middle of his body a sort of shining, like electrum.
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