Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to spread
Usage: (Qal) to spread out
Mathach means “spread out” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G4969 — sphazo (“kill”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H4969 מָתַח (mathach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mathach (maw-thakh') v. 1. to stretch out [a primitive root] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include out, sitteth, upon, circle, and earth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
mathach (maw-thakh') v. 1. to stretch out [a primitive root] KJV: spread out.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4969. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to spread
Usage: (Qal) to spread out
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H4969.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4969, grouped by book.
Mathach (Strong's H4969) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "spread out". mathach (maw-thakh') v. 1. to stretch out [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H4969 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4969 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as out, sitteth, upon, circle, earth, and inhabitants. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.