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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 - they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And you shall make two rings of gold, and attach them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - And they were separate beneath but joined at the top, at the first ring. He made two of them this way for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - And they made two rings of gold, and attached them in front to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, at its seam above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:30 - And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as 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,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus says the LORD:
“If the heavens above can be measured,
and the foundations of the earth below can be explored,
then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel
for all that they have done,
declares the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - And upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I looked, and behold, a form that had the appearance of a man.[fn] Below what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like gleaming metal.[fn]
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