מַטָּה mattah
Hebrew word for “beneath” · Strong’s H4295 · used 19 times in 18 verses
Meaning
1) downwards, below; 1a) downwards; 1b) under (of age); 1c) beneath
How it is translated
Glosses given for mattah in context, with how often each is used:
- downwards 18
- beneath 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezra | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 28 (2), Exodus 26 (1), Exodus 27 (1), Exodus 28 (1), Exodus 36 (1), Exodus 38 (1), Exodus 39 (1), 2 Kings 19 (1), 1 Chronicles 27 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1)
Forms
- למטה 7
- מלמטה 6
- מטה 3
- ולמטה 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mattah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַעַל maal “above” 11
- טַבַּעַת tabbaat “ring” 4
- פְּלֵיטָה peletah “survivor” 3
- כַּרְכֹּב karkov “ledge” 2
- חַשְׁמַל chashmal “amber” 2
- תּוֹאָם taom “twin” 2
- מַחְבֶּרֶת machberet “joining” 2
- חֵשֶׁב cheshev “artwork” 2
- מִקְצֹעַ maqtsoa “corner” 2
- תָּם tam “complete” 2
- שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 4
- רֶשֶׁת reshet “net” 2
Key verses
The verses using mattah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 36:29 — And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
- Deuteronomy 28:13 — And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the…
- Deuteronomy 28:43 — The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
- 2 Kings 19:30 — And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23 — But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 — This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in…
- Ezra 9:13 — And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,…
- Proverbs 15:24 — The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
- Ecclesiastes 3:21 — Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
- Isaiah 37:31 — And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
- Jeremiah 31:37 — Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for…
- Ezekiel 1:27 — And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his…
See all 18 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.