Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H4100: מָה (mâh) Definition

Strong's number
H4100
Lemma
מָה
Transliteration
mâh
Pronunciation
maw
Strong's definition
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why. or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;

652 instances of the word מָה mâh (H4100)


  • Genesis 43:6 - said And Israel Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother

  • Genesis 44:4 - And when they were gone out of the city and not yet far off Joseph said unto his steward Up follow after and when thou dost overtake said unto them Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good

  • Genesis 44:7 - And they said unto him Wherefore saith my lord according to this thing God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing

  • Genesis 44:15 - said And Joseph unto them What deed is this that ye have done wot ye as I can certainly as I can certainly not that such a man

  • Genesis 44:16 - What shall we say And Judah What shall we say behold we are my lord's what shall we speak or how shall we clear ourselves God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants of thy servants behold we are my lord's both we and he also both we and he also with whom hath found out the cup

  • Genesis 46:33 - shall call And it shall come to pass when Pharaoh you and shall say What is your occupation

  • Genesis 47:3 - And they said And Pharaoh unto his brethren What is your occupation And they said And Pharaoh are shepherds Thy servants both we and also our fathers

  • Genesis 47:8 - said And Pharaoh unto Jacob How old

  • Genesis 47:15 - failed And when money and in the land all the Egyptians and in the land of Canaan came all the Egyptians unto Joseph and said Give us bread for why should we die faileth And when money

  • Genesis 47:19 - Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes and we and our land buy and we and our land for bread and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh and give us seed that we may live Wherefore shall we die and we and our land be not desolate

  • Habakkuk 1:3 - Why dost thou shew me iniquity grievance and cause me to behold for spoiling and violence strife and contention are before me and there are that raise up

  • Habakkuk 1:13 - Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil not look on iniquity and canst not look thou upon them that deal treacherously and holdest thy tongue devoureth when the wicked the man that is more righteous

  • Habakkuk 2:1 - upon my watch I will stand and set me upon the tower and will watch to see what he will say unto me and what I shall answer when I am reproved

  • Habakkuk 2:18 - What profiteth the graven image thereof hath graven of his work it the molten image and a teacher of lies trusteth that the maker that the maker therein to make idols dumb

  • Haggai 1:9 - Ye looked for much and lo it came to little and when ye brought it home I did blow Because upon it Why saith the LORD of hosts Because it home that is waste and ye run every man it home

  • Haggai 2:3 - Who is left among you that saw this house glory in her first among you that saw in comparison it now is it not in your eyes

  • Hosea 6:4 - what shall I do O Ephraim what shall I do unto thee O Judah unto thee for your goodness cloud is as a morning dew and as the early it goeth away

  • Hosea 9:5 - What will ye do and in the day in the solemn and in the day of the feast of the LORD

  • Hosea 9:14 - Give them O LORD Give Give womb them a miscarrying breasts and dry

  • Hosea 10:3 - For now they shall say We have no king because we feared not the LORD We have no king do