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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

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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 Box Gen 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:30 - “For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the LORD has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - And Moses said to Pharaoh, “Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - Then Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:27 - “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:14 - So Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away from you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), “How long will your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise,
And the night be ended?’
For I have had my fill of tossing till dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:3 - My soul also is greatly troubled;
But You, O LORD—how long?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:5 - My enemies speak evil of me:
“When will he die, and his name perish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - O God, how long will the adversary reproach?
Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O LORD God of hosts,
How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - How long will you judge unjustly,
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:13 - Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:3 - LORD, how long will the wicked,
How long will the wicked triumph?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Understand, you senseless among the people;
And you fools, when will you be wise?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will behave wisely in a perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:82

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:82 - My eyes fail from searching Your word,
Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:84

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How many are the days of Your servant?
When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 - “They have struck me, but I was not hurt;
They have beaten me, but I did not feel it.
When shall I awake, that I may seek another drink?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:11 - Then I said, “Lord, how long?” And He answered:

“Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant,
The houses are without a man,
The land is utterly desolate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:21 - How long will I see the standard,
And hear the sound of the trumpet?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long will the land mourn,
And the herbs of every field wither?
The beasts and birds are consumed,
For the wickedness of those who dwell there,
Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your adulteries
And your lustful neighings,
The lewdness of your harlotry,
Your abominations on the hills in the fields.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
Will you still not be made clean?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - “How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:22 - How long will you gad about,
O you backsliding daughter?
For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman shall encompass a man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:5 - Baldness has come upon Gaza,
Ashkelon is cut off
With the remnant of their valley.
How long will you cut yourself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, “How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long shall the fulfillment of these wonders be?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 - Your calf is rejected, O Samaria!
My anger is aroused against them—
How long until they attain to innocence?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying:

“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by deceit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - “Will not all these take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
‘Woe to him who increases
What is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:12 - Then the Angel of the LORD answered and said, “O LORD of hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry these seventy years?”
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