# מָתַי (matay)

Israeli respelling: ma-tay. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4970. 40 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: long, when.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matay-h4970

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 30:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/30) — For 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:…
- [Exodus 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/8/9) — And 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 f…
- [Exodus 10:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 th…
- [Exodus 10:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/10/7) — And 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: k…
- [Numbers 14:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/14/27) — How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which th…
- [1 Samuel 1:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/1/14) — And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
- [1 Samuel 16:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 wit…
- [2 Samuel 2:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/26) — Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how lo…
- [1 Kings 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 fol…
- [Nehemiah 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/6) — And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the…
- [Job 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/7/4) — When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
- [Psalms 6:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/6/3) — My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
- [Psalms 41:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/41/5) — Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
- [Psalms 42:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/42/2) — My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
- [Psalms 74:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/10) — O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
- [Psalms 80:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/80/4) — O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
- [Psalms 82:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/82/2) — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- [Psalms 90:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/90/13) — Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- [Psalms 94:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/94/3) — LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
- [Psalms 94:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/94/8) — Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- [Psalms 101:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Psalms 119:82](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/82) — Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
- [Psalms 119:84](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/84) — How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
- [Proverbs 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/22) — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
- [Proverbs 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/9) — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- [Proverbs 23:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/35) — They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet a…
- [Isaiah 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ut…
- [Jeremiah 4:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 4:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/21) — How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
- [Jeremiah 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/12/4) — How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed,…
- [Jeremiah 13:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Jeremiah 23:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/23/26) — How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
- [Jeremiah 31:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Jeremiah 47:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/47/5) — Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
- [Daniel 8:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 da…
- [Daniel 12:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/12/6) — And 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?
- [Hosea 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/5) — Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
- [Amos 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/8/5) — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and th…
- [Habakkuk 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/6) — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is no…
- [Zechariah 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/1/12) — Then 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, a…