Strong's Number H4100

מָה
mah · maw
Transliteration:
mah{maw}or mah{mah}or ma{maw}or ma{mah}also meh{meh}
Word Origin:
a primitive particle
TWOT:
1149 AV - what, how, why, whereby, wherein, how long, how oft, to what end
Part of Speech:
TWOT - 1149
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
Usage in the KJV:
what 8, how 4, why 3, whereby 1, wherein 1, how long 1, how oft, to what end 1, wherefore 2, misc 5

Total: 26
Occurs 751 times in the Hebrew text.
These counts are derived from this site's linked KJV text; the printed concordance did not enumerate them for this word.
Definition:
interr pron
  1. what, how, of what kind
    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 prep)
      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? indef pron
  2. anything, aught, what may