Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H4970: מָתַי (mâthay) Definition

Strong's number
H4970
Lemma
מָתַי
Transliteration
mâthay
Pronunciation
maw-thah'ee
Strong's definition
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative) long, when. from an unused root meaning to extend;

40 instances of the word מָתַי mâthay (H4970)


  • Jeremiah 47:5 - is come Baldness upon Gaza is cut off Ashkelon with the remnant of their valley how long wilt thou cut

  • Job 7:4 - When I lie down I say When shall I arise be gone and the night and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day

  • Nehemiah 2:6 - said And the king unto me (the queen also sitting by him For how long shall thy journey be and when wilt thou return So it pleased And the king to send me and I set him a time

  • Numbers 14:27 - congregation How long shall I bear with this evil which murmur the murmurings of the children of Israel which murmur against me I have heard

  • Proverbs 1:22 - How long ye simple ones will ye love How long ye simple ones and the scorners in their scorning delight and fools hate knowledge

  • Proverbs 6:9 - O sluggard How long wilt thou sleep when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep

  • Proverbs 23:35 - They have stricken me shalt thou say and I was not sick they have beaten me and I felt it not when shall I awake it yet I will seek

  • Psalms 6:3 - My soul vexed is also sore but thou O LORD

  • Psalms 41:5 - Mine enemies speak evil of me When shall he die perish and his name

  • Psalms 42:2 - thirsteth My soul God God for the living when shall I come and appear before God

  • Psalms 74:10 - O God reproach how long shall the adversary blaspheme shall the enemy thy name for ever

  • Psalms 80:4 - O LORD God of hosts how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people

  • Psalms 82:2 - How long will ye judge unjustly the persons of the wicked and accept Selah

  • Psalms 90:13 - Return O LORD how long and let it repent thee concerning thy servants

  • Psalms 94:3 - how long shall the wicked LORD how long shall the wicked triumph

  • Psalms 94:8 - Understand ye brutish among the people and ye fools when will ye be wise

  • Psalms 101:2 - I will behave myself wisely way in a perfect O when wilt thou come unto me I will walk with a perfect heart within my house

  • Psalms 119:82 - fail Mine eyes for thy word saying When wilt thou comfort

  • Psalms 119:84 - How many are the days of thy servant when wilt thou execute on them that persecute judgment

  • Zechariah 1:12 - answered Then the angel O LORD and said O LORD of hosts how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years