Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4970
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- mathay
- Pronunciation
- maw-thah'ee
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4970
- Brief meaning
- Properly, extent (of time), but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
- Source renderings
- long, when
- Root word
- from an unused root meaning to extend
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative). Root word: from an unused root meaning to extend.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
04970\ 4970 mathay maw-thah'ee from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative):--long, when.