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HebrewH4970Intg

מָתַי

ma.tay

35Occurrences
H4970Strong's #
IntgPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)

from an unused root meaning to extend;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. when? 1a) with prep 1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Intg

Morphology Code

H:Intg

Full Description

H:Intg

Occurrences

מָתַי appears 35 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
8
Jeremiah
7
Proverbs
3
1 Samuel
2
Daniel
2
Exodus
2
1 Kings
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 18:21BSB

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.”But the people did not answer a word.

Exodus 10:3BSB

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

Jeremiah 13:27BSB

Your adulteries and lustful neighings,your shameless prostitutionon the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts.Woe to you, O Jerusalem!How long will you remain unclean?”

Nehemiah 2:6BSB

Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

Psalms 119:84BSB

How many days must Your servant wait?When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.