Strong's Hebrew · H4969
H4969 mâthach
מָתַח
maw-thakh'
to spread
Looking for Greek G4969 spházō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4969. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mâthach appears once in Scripture, in Isaiah 40:22. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to stretch out
In the King James Version
spread out.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
