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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 coupled together at the bottom and they shall be coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus it shall be for both of them. They shall be for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - “You shall put it under the rim of the altar beneath, that the network may be midway up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - “And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - And they were coupled at the bottom and coupled together at the top by one ring. Thus he made both of them for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made a grate of bronze network for the altar, under its rim, midway from the bottom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:20 - They made two other gold rings and put them on the two shoulder straps, underneath the ephod toward its front, right at the seam above the intricately 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; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - “The alien 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 remnant who have escaped 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 - But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped the water outlet of Upper Gihon, and brought the water by tunnel[fn] to the west side of the City of David. 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, since You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The way of life winds upward for the wise,
That he may turn away from hell[fn] below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:31 - And the remnant who have escaped 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 heaven above can be measured,
And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
I will also cast off all the seed of Israel
For all that they have done, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:27 - Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:2 - Then I looked, and there was a likeness, like the appearance of fire—from the appearance of His waist and downward, fire; and from His waist and upward, like the appearance of brightness, like the color of amber.
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