Mᵉṭâʼ — H4291

Definition

verb

to arrive, extend or happen

1. to reach, come upon, attain
1. (P'al)
1. to reach, come to
2. to reach, extend
3. to come upon

Usually translated as

come, reach

Origin

(Aramaic) or mᵉṭâh; (Aramaic), apparently corresponding to H4672 in the intransitive sense of being found present

• Mâtsâʼ (H4672)

Greek equivalents

• engízō (G1448)
• páreimi (G3918)
• phthánō (G5348)

Occurrences

Mᵉṭâʼ occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Daniel (8)

• Daniel 4:11 — The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached (יִמְטֵ֣א) unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
• Daniel 4:20 — The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached (יִמְטֵ֣א) unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
• Daniel 4:22 — It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth (וּמְטָ֣ת) unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
• Daniel 4:24 — This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come (מְטָ֖ת) upon my lord the king:
• Daniel 4:28 — All this came (מְּטָ֔א) upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
• Daniel 6:24 — And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came (מְט֞וֹ) at the bottom of the den.
• Daniel 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came (מְטָ֔ה) to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
• Daniel 7:22 — Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came (מְטָ֔ה) that the saints possessed the kingdom.