מָתַי matay
Hebrew word for “how” · Strong’s H4970 · used 43 times in 40 verses
Meaning
1) when?; 1a) with prep; 1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?
How it is translated
Glosses given for matay in context, with how often each is used:
- when? 43
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 13 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 7 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 4 | 0.6 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Nehemiah | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Daniel | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 5 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 10 (2), Psalms 94 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Jeremiah 4 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Exodus 8 (1), Numbers 14 (1), 1 Samuel 1 (1), 1 Samuel 16 (1), 2 Samuel 2 (1)
Forms
- מתי 41
- למתי 1
- ומתי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with matay more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עַד ad “till” 29
- רָאָה raah “to see” 5
- רַע ra “bad” 4
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 4
- פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 3
- שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 4
- אָבַל aval “to mourn” 2
- נֵצַח netsach “perpetuity” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- יְאֹר yeor “Nile” 2
- שָׂכַל sakhal “be prudent” 2
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 3
Key verses
The verses using matay that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let…
- 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I…
- 1 Kings 18:21 — And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the…
- Psalms 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Psalms 90:13 — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- Psalms 101:2 — I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- Proverbs 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- Isaiah 6:11 — Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
- Jeremiah 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
- Jeremiah 13:27 — I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem!…
- Jeremiah 31:22 — How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
- Daniel 8:13 — Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and…
See all 40 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.