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)


  • Job 37:19 - Teach us what we shall say unto him for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness

  • Job 38:6 - Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened or who laid stone the corner

  • Job 40:4 - Behold I am vile what shall I answer mine hand thee I will lay upon my mouth

  • Joel 1:18 - groan How do the beasts are perplexed the herds of cattle because they have no pasture the herds of sheep are made desolate

  • Joel 2:17 - between the porch and the altar weep Let the priests the ministers O LORD and let them say Spare O LORD among the people and give not thine heritage to reproach should rule over that the heathen and let them say among the people Where is their God

  • Joel 3:4 - Yea and what have ye to do with me O Tyre and Zidon and all the coasts of Palestine me a recompence will ye render and if ye recompense me swiftly and speedily will I return me a recompence upon your own head

  • Jonah 1:6 - came So the shipmaster to him and said unto him What meanest thou O sleeper arise call if so be that God will think if so be that God upon us that we perish

  • Jonah 1:8 - Then said they unto him Tell us we pray thee for whose cause this evil is upon us What is thine occupation and whence comest thou what is thy country and of what people

  • Jonah 1:10 - afraid Then were the men exceedingly and said unto him Why hast thou done knew Then were the men from the presence of the LORD that he fled because he had told

  • Jonah 1:11 - Then said they unto him What shall we do may be calm unto thee that the sea unto thee that the sea wrought and was tempestuous

  • Jonah 4:5 - went out So Jonah of the city and sat on the east side of the city and there made him a booth and sat under it in the shadow till he might see of the city

  • Joshua 4:6 - That this may be a sign among ask you that when your children their fathers in time to come saying What mean ye by these stones

  • Joshua 4:21 - And he spake When your children of Israel And he spake shall ask When your children in time to come their fathers And he spake What mean these stones

  • Joshua 5:14 - And he said Nay but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come fell And Joshua on his face to the earth and did worship And he said my lord unto him What saith unto his servant

  • Joshua 7:7 - said And Joshua Alas O Lord GOD brought brought this people Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us would to God we had been content and dwelt on the other side Jordan

  • Joshua 7:8 - O Lord what shall I say their backs turneth when Israel before their enemies

  • Joshua 7:9 - shall hear For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants from the earth of it and shall environ us round and cut off name from the earth and what wilt thou do name unto thy great

  • Joshua 7:10 - said And the LORD unto Joshua Get thee up wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face

  • Joshua 7:19 - said And Joshua unto Achan My son give I pray thee glory to the LORD God of Israel and make confession unto him and tell me now what thou hast done hide

  • Joshua 7:25 - said And Joshua Why hast thou troubled hast thou troubled us the LORD thee this day after they had stoned And all Israel him with stones and burned them with fire stoned him with stones