Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4100

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Original: מה מ־ מ־ מה מה

Transliteration: mah mah ma ma meh (mâh mah mâ ma meh)

Phonetic: maw

BDB Definition:

what, how, of what kind (interrogative pronoun)
1. (interrogative)
  1. what?
  2. of what kind
  3. what? (rhetorical)
  4. whatsoever, whatever, what
2. (adverb)
  1. how, how now
  2. why
  3. how! (exclamation)
3. (with preposition)
  1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
  2. because of what?
  3. the like of what?
    1. how much?, how many?, how often?
    2. for how long?
  4. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
  5. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?
anything, aught, what may (indefinite pronoun)

Origin: a primitive particle

TWOT entry: 1149

Strong's Definition: A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what ? (including how ?, why ? and when ?); but also exclamations like what ! (including how !), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses: - how (long, oft, [-soever]), [no-] thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby (-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (25x)

But Howsoever (1x)

For (1x)

For Thee? What Thing (1x)

How (3x)

How Long (1x)

Nothing (1x)

Of Thee; And What (1x)

Thee From Thence: Why (1x)

To What (1x)

To What End (1x)

Unto Him, How (1x)

Unto Him, Why Hast Thou (1x)

What (4x)

What Good (1x)

Whereby (1x)

Wherefore (1x)

Wherein (1x)

Wherewith (1x)

Why (1x)

Yea, Whereto (1x)

All Occurrences

Genesis 4:10

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.(h)

Genesis 15:8

And he said, Lord God , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

Genesis 20:10

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

Genesis 27:45

Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

Genesis 27:46

And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

Genesis 33:15

And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.(f)

(g)

Genesis 47:8

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?(a)

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

Joshua 7:25

And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

Judges 6:15

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.(f)

Judges 8:1

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.(a)

(b)

1 Samuel 14:38

And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.(m)

1 Samuel 19:3

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

2 Samuel 1:4

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.(a)

2 Samuel 18:22

Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?(k)

(l)

Job 7:19

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Job 30:2

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

Psalm 78:40

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!(j)

Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Song of Solomon 1:7

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?(c)

Isaiah 1:11

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.(f)

Jeremiah 5:19

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Lamentations 2:13

What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

Amos 5:18

Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.

Zechariah 2:2

Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H4100

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H4100