Mâthay — H4970

H4970 · Hebrew — מתי

Pronunciation: maw-thah'ee

Definition

adverb

properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)

  1. when?
    1. with prep
      1. against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?

Usually translated as

long, when

Origin

from an unused root meaning to extend

Occurrences

Mâthay occurs 40 times in 37 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (3), Numbers (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (12), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (6), Daniel (2), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M