King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4969
Transliteration: mathach
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-thakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread out
Meaning: to stretch out
Word Summary
mathach: to spread out
Original Word: מָתַחTransliteration: mathach
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-thakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spread out
Meaning: to stretch out
Strong's Concordance
spread out A primitive root; to stretch out -- spread out.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4969. mathach
[מָתַח] verb spread out (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , מְתַח; Arabic be long, long (probably load-word); compare perhaps Assyrian matâ—u, direct the eyes toward); — only
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיִּמְתָּחֵם Isaiah 40:22 and he (׳י) hath spread them (the heavens) out as a tent to dwell in.