מָתַי

ma.tay

Hebrew H4970 Interrogative 43 occurrences in 40 verses
מָתַי how

1. when?

a. with prep

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

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Concordance 40 verses

  1. Genesis 30:30 מָתַ֛י

    Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”

  2. Exodus 8:9 לְמָתַ֣י׀

    Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

  3. Exodus 10:3 מָתַ֣י

    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

  4. Exodus 10:7 מָתַי֙

    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”

  5. Numbers 14:27 מָתַ֗י

    “How long will this wicked congregation grumble against Me? I have heard the complaints that the Israelites are making against Me.

  6. 1 Samuel 1:14 מָתַ֖י

    and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”

  7. 1 Samuel 16:1 מָתַי֙

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”

  8. 2 Samuel 2:26 מָתַי֙

    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

  9. 1 Kings 18:21 מָתַ֞י

    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

  10. Nehemiah 2:6 מָתַ֛יוּמָתַ֣י

    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.

  11. Job 7:4 מָתַ֣י

    When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

  12. Psalms 6:3 מָתָֽי׃

    My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

  13. Psalms 41:5 מָתַ֥י

    My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”

  14. Psalms 42:2 מָתַ֥י

    My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

  15. Psalms 74:10 מָתַ֣י

    How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

  16. Psalms 80:4 מָתַ֥י

    O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

  17. Psalms 82:2 מָתַ֥י

    “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

  18. Psalms 90:13 מָתָ֑י

    Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

  19. Psalms 94:3 מָתַ֖ימָ֝תַ֗י

    How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?

  20. Psalms 94:8 מָתַ֥י

    Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

  21. Psalms 101:2 מָ֭תַי

    I will ponder the way that is blameless— when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

  22. Psalms 119:82 מָתַ֥י

    My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

  23. Psalms 119:84 מָתַ֬י

    How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

  24. Proverbs 1:22 מָתַ֣י׀

    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

  25. Proverbs 6:9 מָתַ֖ימָ֝תַ֗י

    How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

  26. Proverbs 23:35 מָתַ֥י

    “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”

  27. Isaiah 6:11 מָתַ֖י

    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

  28. Jeremiah 4:14 מָתַ֛י

    Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

  29. Jeremiah 4:21 מָתַ֖י

    How long must I see the signal flag and hear the sound of the horn?

  30. Jeremiah 12:4 מָתַי֙

    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”

  31. Jeremiah 13:27 מָתַ֖י

    Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”

  32. Jeremiah 23:26 מָתַ֗י

    How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

  33. Jeremiah 31:22 מָתַי֙

    How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”

  34. Jeremiah 47:5 מָתַ֖י

    The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

  35. Daniel 8:13 מָתַ֞י

    Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”

  36. Daniel 12:6 מָתַ֖י

    One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”

  37. Hosea 8:5 מָתַ֕י

    He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?

  38. Amos 8:5 מָתַ֞י

    asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

  39. Habakkuk 2:6 מָתַ֕י

    Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

  40. Zechariah 1:12 מָתַ֗י

    Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

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