מָה (mâh) — How
Hebrew word study: מָה (mâh), Strong's H4100. properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including wha
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
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
KJV translation words: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Strong's H4100 is tagged on 753 words in 659 verses across 37 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 2:19 and last appears in Malachi 3:14.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 659)
- Genesis 2:19 — מַה — what
- Genesis 3:13 — מַה — what
- Genesis 4:6 — לָמָּה — to why
- Genesis 4:10 — מֶה — what
- Genesis 12:18 — מַה — what
- Genesis 12:19 — לָמָה — to why
- Genesis 15:2 — מַה — what
- Genesis 15:8 — בַּמָּה — in how
- Genesis 18:13 — לָמָּה — to why
- Genesis 20:9 — מֶה — what
- Genesis 20:10 — מָה — what
- Genesis 21:17 — מַה — what
- Genesis 21:29 — מָה — what
- Genesis 23:15 — מַה — what
- Genesis 24:31 — לָמָּה — to why
- Genesis 25:22 — לָמָּה — to why
- Genesis 25:32 — וְלָמָּה — and for what
- Genesis 26:10 — מַה — what
- Genesis 27:20 — מַה — what
- Genesis 27:37 — מָה — what
- Genesis 27:45 — לָמָה — to why
- Genesis 27:46 — לָמָּה — to why
- Genesis 28:17 — מַה — how
- Genesis 29:15 — מַה — what
- Genesis 29:25 — מַה — what
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H1099 בְּלִימָה (bᵉlîymâh), H3964 מָא (mâʼ), H4069 מַדּוּעַ (maddûwaʻ), H4078 מַדַּי (madday), H4101 מָה (mâh), H4102 מָהַהּ (mâhahh), H4310 מִי (mîy), H4367 מַכְנַדְבַי (Maknadbay), H4478 מָן (mân), H4972 מַתְּלָאָה (mattᵉlâʼâh).
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Frequently asked questions
What does mâh (H4100) mean?
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 KJV?
The KJV translates H4100 as: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why..
How often does מָה (mâh) appear?
Strong's H4100 is tagged on 753 words in 659 verses across 37 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 2:19 and last appears in Malachi 3:14.
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