מַתmath

Meanings

Same root

• מָתַיmâthay · H4970properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
• מְתוּשָׁאֵלMᵉthûwshâʼêl · H4967Methusael, an antediluvian patriarch
• מְתוּשֶׁלַחMᵉthûwshelach · H4968Methushelach, an antediluvian patriarch

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 34:30 Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”
• Deuteronomy 2:34 We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone—men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.
• Deuteronomy 3:6 We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered—men, women, and children alike.
• Deuteronomy 4:27 For the Lord will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.
• Deuteronomy 26:5 “You must then say in the presence of the Lord your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.
• Deuteronomy 28:62 Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the Lord your God.