TBESH · H4970
מָתַי · ma.tay · how
1) when? 1a) with prep 1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?
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ma.tay H4970
מָתַי (ma.tay) means “how” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מָתַי Hebrew · H4970 43 tagged occurrences in 40 verses
Pronunciation guide: maw-thah'ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
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)
KJV glosses: long, when.
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How translators render H4970
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| when | 12 |
| how long | 2 |
| long | 2 |
| and when | 1 |
| how | 1 |
| long until the fulfillment of | 1 |
| long will this go on | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and now when | 1 |
| how long | 1 |
| over me when | 1 |
Verses containing H4970
Page 1 of 1. 40 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 30:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
Read word by word - Exodus 8:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.5
- Exodus 10:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 10:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
Read word by word - Numbers 14:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 16:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 2:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 18:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 2:6
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Job 7:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Read word by word - Psalms 6:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.4
- Psalms 41:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 41.6
- Psalms 42:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 42.3
- Psalms 74:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Read word by word - Psalms 80:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 80.5
- Psalms 82:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Read word by word - Psalms 90:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Read word by word - Psalms 94:3
· BSB · 2 occurrences
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?
Read word by word - Psalms 94:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Read word by word - Psalms 101:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
Read word by word - Psalms 119:82
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Read word by word - Psalms 119:84
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Read word by word - Proverbs 6:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
Read word by word - Isaiah 6:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 12:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 13:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 23:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 47:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?
Read word by word - Daniel 8:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
Read word by word - Daniel 12:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
Read word by word - Hosea 8:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Read word by word - Amos 8:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 2:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
Read word by word - Zechariah 1:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
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