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.
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
- what, how, of what kind
- (interrogative)
- what?
- of what kind
- what? (rhetorical)
- whatsoever, whatever, what
- (adverb)
- how, how now
- why
- how! (exclamation)
- (with prep)
- wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
- because of what?
- the like of what?
- how much?, how many?, how often?
- for how long?
- for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
- until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron
- (interrogative)
- anything, aught, what may
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