Strong’s H4291 · Hebrew

מְטָא
mᵉṭâʼ
met-aw'

Definition

to arrive, extend or happen

Etymology

(Aramaic) or מְטָה; (Aramaic), apparently corresponding to H4672 (מָצָא) in the intransitive sense of being found present;

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • come
  • reach

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.