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מָה H4100

H4100 is the Hebrew word מָה, transliterated mâh and said maw. The King James Version most often renders it what.

Word: מָהTransliteration: mâhSaid: mawLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 26 verses

What it means

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.

Where it comes from

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

what 6×how 4×wherefore 3×whereby 1×thence why 1×good 1×why 1×wherewith 1×why hast thou 1×wherein 1×howsoever 1×how long 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Verses using מָה

All 26 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 4:10 · KJV

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

Genesis 15:8 · KJV

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

Genesis 18:13 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Genesis 20:10 · KJV

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

Genesis 27:45 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Genesis 47:8 · KJV

And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?

Numbers 23:8 · KJV

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

Joshua 7:25 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Judges 8:1 · KJV

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.

1 Samuel 14:38 · KJV

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

1 Samuel 19:3 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

2 Samuel 18:22 · KJV

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?

Job 7:19 · KJV

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

Job 30:2 · KJV

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

Psalm 78:40 · KJV

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

Song of Solomon 1:7 · KJV

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?

Isaiah 1:11 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 5:19 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

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.

Malachi 2:14 · KJV

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4100 mean?

H4100 is the Hebrew word מָה (mâh), meaning 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 is H4100 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it what (6 times), how (4 times), wherefore (3 times), whereby (1 time), thence why (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4100 appear in the Bible?

מָה (mâh) is tagged in 26 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4100 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle.

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