How
מָתַיStrong’s H4970matay (ma-tay)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matay is the Hebrew word usually translated “when”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?”
Meaning
- When?with prep
How it's translated
- when 41
- to when 1
- and when 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 12
- Jeremiah 7
- Exodus 3
- Proverbs 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- Daniel 2
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 12:6In contextAnd one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
- Zechariah 1:12In contextThen the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
- Genesis 30:30For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
- Exodus 8:9And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
- Exodus 10:3And 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 my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 10:7And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָתַי matay · how
1) when? 1a) with prep 1a1) against when?, until when?, how long?, after how long?
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “how” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HOW, adverb
In what manner. I know not how to answer.
- “HOW can these things be?” John 3:9
- To what degree or extent. how long shall we suffer these indignities? how much better is wisdom than gold!“O how love I thy law! how sweet are thy words to my taste” Psalms 119:103
- For what reason; from what cause.
- By what means. how can this effect by produced?
All definitions
- In what state.
- It is used in a sense marking proportion; as how much less; how much more.
- It is much used in exclamation.“HOW are the mighty fallen!” 2 Samuel 1:19
- In some popular phrases, how is superfluous or inelegant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.