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Lexicon :: Strong's H4970 - māṯay

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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 BoxGen 30:30 - “For you had H1961 little H4592 before H6440 [fn]I came and it has [fn]increased H6555 to a multitude, H7230 and the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 you [fn]wherever I turned. H7272 But now, H6258 when H4970 shall I provide H6213 for my own household H1004 also?” H1571

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moses H4872 said H559 to Pharaoh, H6547 “[fn]The honor H6286 is yours to tell me: when H4970 shall I entreat H6279 for you and your servants H5650 and your people, H5971 that the frogs H6854 be [fn]destroyed H3772 from you and your houses, H1004 that they may be left H7604 only H7534 in the Nile?” H2975

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 went H935 to Pharaoh H6547 and said H559 to him, “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of the Hebrews, H5680 ‘How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you refuse H3985 to humble H6031 yourself before H4480 H6440 Me? Let H7971 My people H5971 go, H7971 that they may serve H5647 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Pharaoh’s H6547 servants H5650 said H559 to him, “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will this H2088 man be a snare H4170 to us? Let H7971 the men H376 go, H7971 that they may serve H5647 the LORD H3068 their God. H430 Do you not [fn]realize H3045 that Egypt H4714 is destroyed?” H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 shall I bear with this H2088 evil H7451 congregation H5712 who H834 are grumbling H3885 against H5921 Me? I have heard H8085 the complaints H8519 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 which H834 they are [fn]making H3885 against H5921 Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - Then Eli H5941 said H559 to her, “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you make H7937 yourself drunk? H7937 Put H5493 away H5493 your wine H3196 from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel, H8050 “How H4970 long H5704 will you grieve H56 over H413 Saul, H7586 since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel? H3478 Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go; H1980 I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite, H1022 for I have selected H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons.” H1121

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner H74 called H7121 to Joab H3097 and said, H559 “Shall the sword H2719 devour H398 forever? H5331 Do you not know H3045 that it will be bitter H4751 in the end? H314 How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you [fn]refrain H3808 from telling H559 the people H5971 to turn H7725 back H7725 from following H310 their brothers?” H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Elijah H452 came H5066 near H5066 to all H3605 the people H5971 and said, H559 “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you [fn]hesitate H6452 between H5921 two H8147 opinions? H5587 If H518 the LORD H3068 is God, H430 follow H1980 H310 Him; but if H518 Baal, H1168 follow H1980 H310 him.” But the people H5971 did not answer H6030 him a word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - Then the king H4428 said H559 to me, the queen H7694 sitting H3427 beside H681 him, “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will your journey H4109 be, and when H4970 will you return?” H7725 So it pleased H3190 the king H4428 to send H7971 me, and I gave H5414 him a definite H2165 time. H2165

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - “When H518 I lie H7901 down H7901 I say, H559
‘When H4970 shall I arise?’ H6965
But the night H6153 continues, H4058
And I am [fn]continually H7646 tossing H5076 until H5704 dawn. H5399

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - And my soul H5315 is greatly H3966 dismayed; H926
But You, O LORD H3068—how H4970 long? H5704 H4970

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - My enemies H340 speak H559 evil H7451 against me,
“When H4970 will he die, H4191 and his name H8034 perish?” H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul H5315 thirsts H6770 for God, H430 for the living H2416 God; H410
When H4970 shall I come H935 and [fn]appear H7200 before H6440 God? H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How H4970 long, H5704 H4970 O God, H430 will the adversary H6862 revile, H2778
And the enemy H340 spurn H5006 Your name H8034 forever? H5331

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts, H6635
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will You [fn]be angry H6225 with the prayer H8605 of Your people? H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you judge H8199 unjustly H5766
And show H5375 partiality H6440 H5375 to the wicked? H7563 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Do return, H7725 O LORD; H3068 how H4970 long H5704 H4970 will it be?
And [fn]be sorry H5162 for Your servants. H5650

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - How H4970 long H5704 H4970 shall the wicked, H7563 O LORD, H3068
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 shall the wicked H7563 exult? H5937

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Pay H995 heed, H995 you senseless H1197 among the people; H5971
And when H4970 will you understand, H7919 stupid H3684 ones? H3684

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will [fn]give H7919 heed H7919 to the [fn]blameless H8549 way. H1870
When H4970 will You come H935 to me?
I will walk H1980 within H7130 my house H1004 in the [fn]integrity H8537 of my heart. H3824

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes H5869 fail H3615 with longing for Your [fn]word, H565
[fn]While I say, H559 “When H4970 will You comfort H5162 me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How H4100 many H4100 are the days H3117 of Your servant? H5650
When H4970 will You execute H6213 judgment H4941 on those who persecute H7291 me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How H4970 long, H5704 H4970 O [fn]naive H6612 ones, H6612 will you love H157 [fn]being simple-minded? H6612
And scoffers H3887 delight H2530 themselves in scoffing H3944
And fools H3684 hate H8130 knowledge? H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How H4970 long H5704 will you lie H7901 down, H7901 O sluggard? H6102
When H4970 will you arise H6965 from your sleep? H8142

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - “They struck H5221 me, but I did not become H2470 [fn]ill; H2470
They beat H1986 me, but I did not know H3045 it.
When H4970 shall I awake? H6974
I will seek H1245 [fn]another H5750 H3254 drink.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, H559 “Lord, H136 how H4970 long?” H5704 H4970 And He answered, H559
“Until H5704 H834 H518 cities H5892 are devastated H7582 and without H369 inhabitant, H3427
Houses H1004 are without H369 people H120
And the land H127 is utterly H8077 desolate, H8077

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - Wash H3526 your heart H3820 from evil, H7451 O Jerusalem, H3389
That you may be saved. H3467
How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will your wicked H205 thoughts H4284
Lodge H3885 within H7130 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How H4970 long H5704 H4970 must 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 H4970 is the land H776 to mourn H56
And the vegetation H6212 of the countryside H3605 H7704 to wither? H3001
For the wickedness H7451 of those who dwell H3427 in it,
Animals H929 and birds H5775 have been snatched H5595 away, H5595
Because H3588 men have said, H559 “He will not see H7200 our latter H319 ending.” H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - “As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings, H4684
The lewdness H2154 of your prostitution H2184
On the hills H1389 in the field, H7704
I have seen H7200 your abominations. H8251
Woe H188 to you, O Jerusalem! H3389
How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you remain H2891 unclean?” H3808 H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - “How H4970 long? H5704 H4970 Is there H3426 anything in the hearts H3820 of the prophets H5030 who prophesy H5012 falsehood, H8267 even these prophets H5030 of the deception H8649 of their own heart, H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will you go H2559 here H2559 and there, H2559
O faithless H7728 daughter? H1323
For the LORD H3068 has created H1254 a new H2319 thing H2319 in the earth H776—
A woman H5347 will encompass H5437 a man.” H1397

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - “Baldness H7144 has come H935 upon Gaza; H5804
Ashkelon H831 has been ruined. H1820
O remnant H7611 of their valley, H6010
How H4970 long H5704 will you gash H1413 yourself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard H8085 a holy H6918 one H6918 speaking, H1696 and another H259 holy H6918 one H6918 said H559 to that particular H6423 one H6423 who was speaking, H1696 “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will the vision H2377 about the regular H8548 sacrifice H8548 apply, [fn]while the transgression H6588 causes H8074 horror, H8074 so as to allow H5414 both the holy H6944 place and the host H6635 [fn]to be trampled?” H4823

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said H559 to the man H376 dressed H3847 in linen, H906 who H834 was above H4480 H4605 the waters H4325 of the river, H2975 “How H4970 long H5704 H4970 will it be until H5704 the end H7093 of these wonders?” H6382

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - [fn]He has rejected H2186 your calf, H5695 O Samaria, H8111 saying,
“My anger H639 burns H2734 against them!”
How H4970 long H5704 will they be incapable H3808 H3201 of innocence? H5356

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, H559
“When H4970 will the new H2320 moon H2320 [fn]be over, H5674
So that we may sell H7666 grain, H7668
And the sabbath, H7676 that we may open H6605 the wheat H1250 market,
To make H6994 the [fn]bushel H374 smaller H6994 and the shekel H8255 bigger, H1431
And to cheat H5791 with [fn]dishonest H4820 scales, H3976

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - “Will not all H3605 of these H428 take H5375 up a taunt-song H4912 against H5921 him,
Even mockery H4426 and insinuations H2420 against him
And say, H559 ‘Woe H1945 to him who increases H7235 what is not his—
For how H4970 long H5704— H4970
And makes H3513 himself [fn]rich H3513 with loans?’ H5671

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said, H559 “O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 how H4970 long H5704 H4970 will You have H7355 no H3808 compassion H7355 for Jerusalem H3389 and the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 with which H834 You have been H2194 indignant H2194 these H2088 seventy H7657 years?” H8141
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