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Lexicon :: Strong's H4069 - madûaʿ

Aa
מַדּוּעַ
Transliteration
madûaʿ
Pronunciation
mad-doo'-ah
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָה (H4100) and the pass. participle of יָדַע (H3045)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 848h

Strong’s Definitions

מַדּוּעַ maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah; or מַדֻּעַ madduaʻ; from H4100 and the passive participle of H3045; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?:—how, wherefore, why.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4069 in the following manner: wherefore, why, how.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4069 in the following manner: wherefore, why, how.
  1. why?, on what account?, wherefore?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַדּוּעַ maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah; or מַדֻּעַ madduaʻ; from H4100 and the passive participle of H3045; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?:—how, wherefore, why.
STRONGS H4069: Abbreviations
מַדּוּעַ 61 and (Exodus 18:19) מַדֻּעַ adverb wherefore? (probably contracted from מַהיָּֿדוּעַ what being known ? i.e. from what motive? so Ges Ew§325 c Ol§223 f, compare in Greek τί μαθών;) — wherefore? on what account ? Genesis 26:27 מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, Genesis 40:7; Exodus 1:18; 2:18; 3:8 (in an indirect question), Exodus 5:14; 18:14; Leviticus 10:17; Joshua 17:14 (all in Hexateuch), Judges 5:28 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 3:7; 11:10 etc., Isaiah 5:4; 50:2; 63:2 (all in Isaiah); in Jeremiah 16 times, oft, rhetorically, after a double question introduced by אִם֗֗֗הֲ, expressing affected surprise: † Jeremiah 2:14 (see Gf) is Israel a slave (unable to defend himself)? wherefore, then, is he become a prey? (some other cause must therefore be found for Israel's misfortune), Jeremiah 2:31; 8:5, 19, 22; 14:19; 22:28; 49:1, compare Jeremiah 30:6; Job 3:12; Job 18:8 (never in Psalms).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:27; 40:7

Exodus

1:18; 2:18; 3:8; 5:14; 18:14; 18:19

Leviticus

10:17

Joshua

17:14

Judges

5:28

2 Samuel

3:7; 11:10

Job

3:12; 18:8

Isaiah

5:4; 50:2; 63:2

Jeremiah

2:14; 2:31; 8:5; 8:19; 8:22; 14:19; 22:28; 30:6; 49:1

H4069

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Strong's Number H4069 matches the Hebrew מַדּוּעַ (madûaʿ),
which occurs 72 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:27–Job 33:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - And H559 Isaac H3327 said H559 unto them, H413 Wherefore H4069 come ye H935 to me, H413 seeing ye H859 hate H8130 me, H853 and have sent me away H7971 from you? H854
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - And he asked H7592 Pharaoh's H6547 officers H5631 that H834 were with him H854 in the ward H4929 of H1004 his lord's H113 house, H1004 saying, H559 Wherefore H4069 look ye H6440 so sadly H7451 to day? H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - And H7121 the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 called H7121 for the midwives, H3205 and said H559 unto them, Why H4069 have ye done H6213 this H2088 thing, H1697 and have saved H2421 the men children H3206 alive? H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - And when they came H935 to H413 Reuel H7467 their father, H1 he said, H559 How H4069 is it that ye are come H935 so soon H4116 to day? H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - And H559 Moses H4872 said, H559 I will H5493 now H4994 turn aside, H5493 and see H7200 this H2088 great H1419 sight, H4758 why H4069 the bush H5572 is H1197 not H3808 burnt. H1197
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And H5221 the officers H7860 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 which H834 Pharaoh's H6547 taskmasters H5065 had set H7760 over them, H5921 were beaten, H5221 and demanded, H559 Wherefore H4069 have ye H3615 not H3808 fulfilled H3615 your task H2706 in making brick H3835 both H1571 yesterday H8543 and H1571 to day, H3117 as heretofore? H8032
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - And when H7200 Moses' H4872 father in law H2859 saw H7200 all H3605 that H834 he H1931 did H6213 to the people, H5971 he said, H559 What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 that H834 thou H859 doest H6213 to the people? H5971 why H4069 sittest H3427 thou H859 thyself alone, H905 and all H3605 the people H5971 stand H5324 by thee H5921 from H4480 morning H1242 unto H5704 even? H6153
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:17 - Wherefore H4069 have ye H398 not H3808 eaten H398 the sin offering H2403 in the H4725 holy H6944 place, H4725 seeing H3588 it H1931 is most holy, H6944 H6944 and H853 God hath given H5414 it H853 you to bear H5375 the iniquity H5771 of the congregation, H5712 to make atonement H3722 for them H5921 before H6440 the LORD? H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - With him will I speak H1696 mouth H6310 to H413 mouth, H6310 even apparently, H4758 and not H3808 in dark speeches; H2420 and the similitude H8544 of the LORD H3068 shall he behold: H5027 wherefore then H4069 were ye H3372 not H3808 afraid H3372 to speak H1696 against my servant H5650 Moses? H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - And they gathered themselves together H6950 against H5921 Moses H4872 and against H5921 Aaron, H175 and said H559 unto them, H413 Ye take too much H7227 upon you, seeing H3588 all H3605 the congregation H5712 are holy, H6918 every one of them, H3605 and H8432 the LORD H3068 is among them: H8432 wherefore then H4069 lift ye up yourselves H5375 above H5921 the congregation H6951 of the LORD? H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - And H1696 the children H1121 of Joseph H3130 spake H1696 unto H854 Joshua, H3091 saying, H559 Why H4069 hast thou given H5414 me but one H259 lot H1486 and H2256 one H259 portion H2256 to inherit, H5159 seeing I H589 am a H5971 great H7227 people, H5971 forasmuch H5704 as H834 the LORD H5704 H3068 hath blessed me H1288 hitherto? H3541
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 looked out H8259 at H1157 a window, H2474 and cried H2980 through H1157 the lattice, H822 Why H4069 is H954 his chariot H7393 so long H954 in coming? H935 why H4069 tarry H309 the wheels H6471 of his chariots? H4818
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And H559 Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said, H559 Who H4310 is Abimelech, H40 and who H4310 is Shechem, H7927 that H3588 we should serve him? H5647 is not H3808 he the son H1121 of Jerubbaal? H3378 and Zebul H2083 his officer? H6496 serve H5647 the men H376 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem: H7927 for why H4069 should H5647 we H587 serve him? H5647
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - And H559 Jephthah H3316 said H559 unto the elders H2205 of Gilead, H1568 Did H8130 not H3808 ye H859 hate H8130 me, H853 and expel me H1644 out of H1004 my father's H1 house? H1004 and why H4069 are ye come H935 unto me H413 now H6258 when H834 ye are in distress? H6862
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - While H3427 Israel H3478 dwelt H3427 in Heshbon H2809 and her towns, H1323 and in Aroer H6177 and her towns, H1323 and in all H3605 the cities H5892 that H834 be along by H5921 the coasts H3027 of Arnon, H769 three H7969 hundred H3967 years? H8141 why therefore H4069 did ye H5337 not H3808 recover H5337 them within H6256 that H1931 time? H6256
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - And H6817 the men H376 of Ephraim H669 gathered themselves together, H6817 and went H5674 northward, H6828 and said H559 unto Jephthah, H3316 Wherefore H4069 passedst thou over H5674 to fight H3898 against the children H1121 of Ammon, H5983 and didst H7121 not H3808 call H7121 us  to go H3212 with thee? H5973 we will burn H8313 thine house H1004 upon thee H5921 with fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell H5307 on H5921 her face, H6440 and bowed herself H7812 to the ground, H776 and said H559 unto him, H413 Why H4069 have I found H4672 grace H2580 in thine eyes, H5869 that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, H5234 seeing I H595 am a stranger? H5237
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said H559 unto him, God forbid; H2486 thou shalt H4191 not H3808 die: H4191 behold, H2009 my father H1 will do H3808 nothing either great H1697 H1419 or H176 small, H1697 H6996 but that H3808 he will shew H1540 it H1540 me: H241 and why H4069 should H5641 my father H1 hide H5641 this H2088 thing H1697 from me? H4480 it H2063 is not H369 so.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - And it came to pass H1961 on the morrow, H4283 which was the second H8145 day of the month, H2320 that H6485 David's H1732 place H4725 was empty: H6485 and H559 Saul H7586 said H559 unto H413 Jonathan H3083 his son, H1121 Wherefore H4069 cometh H935 not H3808 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to H413 meat, H3899 neither H1571 yesterday, H8543 nor H1571 to day? H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - Then came H935 David H1732 to Nob H5011 to H413 Ahimelech H288 the priest: H3548 and H2729 Ahimelech H288 was afraid H2729 at the meeting H7122 of David, H1732 and said H559 unto him, Why H4069 art thou H859 alone, H905 and H376 no H369 man H376 with thee? H854
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul had H7586 a concubine, H6370 whose name H8034 was Rizpah, H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah: H345 and H559 Ishbosheth said H559 to H413 Abner, H74 Wherefore H4069 hast thou gone in H935 unto H413 my father's H1 concubine? H6370
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - And when they had told H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 Uriah H223 went H3381 not H3808 down H3381 unto H413 his house, H1004 David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Uriah, H223 Camest H935 thou H859 not H3808 from thy journey? H1870 why H4069 then didst thou H3381 not H3808 go down H3381 unto H413 thine house? H1004
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - And H1961 if H518 so be that H1961 the king's H4428 wrath H2534 arise, H5927 and he say H559 unto thee, Wherefore H4069 approached ye so nigh H5066 unto H413 the city H5892 when ye did fight? H3898 knew ye H3045 not H3808 that H834 they would shoot H3384 from H5921 the wall? H2346
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Wherefore H4069 hast thou despised H959 the commandment H1697 of the LORD, H3068 to do H6213 evil H7451 in his sight? H5869 thou hast killed H5221 Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 with the sword, H2719 and H853 hast taken H3947 his wife H802 to be thy wife, H802 and H853 hast slain H2026 him H853 with the sword H2719 of the children H1121 of Ammon. H5983
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said H559 unto him, Why H4069 art thou, H859 being the king's H4428 son, H1121 lean H1800 from day H1242 to day? H1242 wilt thou H5046 not H3808 tell H5046 me? H589 And H559 Amnon H550 said H559 unto him, I H589 love H157 Tamar, H8559 my brother H251 Absalom's H53 sister. H269
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - And H559 the king H4428 said, H559 What have H4100 I to do H4100 with you, ye sons H1121 of Zeruiah? H6870 so H3541 let him curse, H7043 because H3588 the LORD H3068 hath said H559 unto him, Curse H7043 David. H1732 Who H4310 shall H559 then H4310 say, H559 Wherefore H4069 hast thou done H6213 so? H3651
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - And H559 Joab H3097 said H559 unto the man H376 that told H5046 him, And, behold, H2009 thou sawest H7200 him, and why H4069 didst thou H5221 not H3808 smite him H5221 there H8033 to the ground? H776 and I H5921 would have given H5414 thee ten H6235 shekels of silver, H3701 and a H259 girdle. H2290
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - And, behold, H2009 all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 came H935 to H413 the king, H4428 and said H559 unto H413 the king, H4428 Why H4069 have H1589 our brethren H251 the men H376 of Judah H3063 stolen thee away, H1589 and have brought H5674 the king, H4428 and H853 his household, H1004 and all H3605 David's H1732 men H376 with him, H5973 over Jordan? H3383
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - And H6030 the men H376 of Israel H3478 answered H6030 the men H376 of Judah, H3063 and said, H559 We have H589 ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king, H4428 and H1571 we H589 have also more H1571 right in David H1732 than ye: H4480 why then H4069 did ye despise us, H7043 that H3808 our advice H1697 should H1961 not H3808 be H1961 first H7223 had in bringing back H7725 our king? H4428 And H7185 the words H1697 of the men H376 of Judah H3063 were fiercer H7185 than the words H1697 of the men H376 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - And H559 Araunah H728 said, H559 Wherefore H4069 is H935 my lord H113 the king H4428 come H935 to H413 his servant? H5650 And H559 David H1732 said, H559 To buy H7069 the threshingfloor H1637 of thee, H5973 to build H1129 an altar H4196 unto the LORD, H3068 that H6113 the plague H4046 may be stayed H6113 from H5921 the people. H5971
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - And H3808 his father H1 had H6087 not H3808 displeased him H6087 at any time H3117 in saying, H559 Why H4069 hast thou done H6213 so? H3602 and H1571 he H1931 also H1571 was a very H3966 goodly H2896 H8389 man; and H853 his mother bare H3205 him H853 after H310 Absalom. H53
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go H3212 and get thee in H935 unto H413 king H4428 David, H1732 and say H559 unto him, H413 Didst H7650 not H3808 thou, H859 my lord, H113 O king, H4428 swear H7650 unto thine handmaid, H519 saying, H559 Assuredly H3588 Solomon H8010 thy son H1121 shall reign H4427 after me, H310 and he H1931 shall sit H3427 upon H5921 my throne? H3678 why then H4069 doth H4427 Adonijah H138 reign? H4427
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - And H8085 Adonijah H138 and all H3605 the guests H7121 that H834 were with him H854 heard H8085 it as they H1992 had made an end H3615 of eating. H398 And when H8085 Joab H3097 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet, H7782 he said, H559 Wherefore H4069 is this noise H6963 of the city H7151 being in an uproar? H1993
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Why then H4069 hast thou H8104 not H3808 kept H8104 the oath H7621 of the LORD, H3068 and H853 the commandment H4687 that H834 I have charged H6680 thee with? H5921
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - And he said, H559 Wherefore H4069 wilt H1980 thou H859 go H1980 to him H413 to day? H3117 it is neither H3808 new moon, H2320 nor H3808 sabbath. H7676 And she said, H559 It shall be well. H7965
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And H559 Hazael H2371 said, H559 Why H4069 weepeth H1058 my lord? H113 And he answered, H559 Because H3588 I know H3045 the evil H7451 that H834 thou wilt do H6213 unto the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 their strong holds H4013 wilt thou set H7971 on fire, H784 and their young men H970 wilt thou slay H2026 with the sword, H2719 and H5768 wilt dash H7376 their children, H5768 and H2030 rip up H1234 their women with child. H2030
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Then Jehu H3058 came forth H3318 to H413 the servants H5650 of his lord: H113 and one said H559 unto him, Is all well? H7965 wherefore H4069 came H935 this H2088 mad H7696 fellow to thee? H413 And he said H559 unto them, H413 Ye H859 know H3045 the man, H376 and H853 his communication. H7879
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - Then H7121 king H4428 Jehoash H3060 called H7121 for Jehoiada H3077 the priest, H3548 and the other priests, H3548 and said H559 unto them, H413 Why H4069 repair H2388 ye not H369 the breaches H919 of the house? H1004 now therefore H6258 receive H3947 no H408 more money H3701 of H854 your acquaintance, H4378 but H3588 deliver it H5414 for the breaches H919 of the house. H1004
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - And H7121 the king H4428 called H7121 for Jehoiada H3077 the chief, H7218 and said H559 unto him, Why H4069 hast thou H1875 not H3808 required H1875 of H5921 the Levites H3881 to bring in H935 out of Judah H3063 and out of Jerusalem H3389 the collection, H4864 according to the commandment of Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD, H3068 and of the congregation H6951 of Israel, H3478 for H168 the H5715 tabernacle H168 of witness? H5715
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - Wherefore H559 the king H4428 said H559 unto me, H589 Why H4069 is thy countenance H6440 sad, H7451 seeing thou H859 art not H369 sick? H2470 this H2088 is nothing H369 else but H3588 H518 sorrow H7455 of heart. H3820 Then I was H3372 very H3966 sore H7235 afraid, H3372
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - And said H559 unto the king, H4428 Let the king H4428 live H2421 for ever: H5769 why H4069 should H6440 not H3808 my countenance H6440 be sad, H7489 when H834 the city, H5892 the place H1004 of my fathers' H1 sepulchres, H6913 lieth waste, H2717 and the gates thereof H8179 are consumed H398 with fire? H784
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - Then contended I H7378 with H854 the rulers, H5461 and said, H559 Why H4069 is H5800 the house H1004 of God H430 forsaken? H5800 And I gathered them together, H6908 and set them H5975 in H5921 their place. H5977
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I testified H5749 against them, and said H559 unto them, H413 Why H4069 lodge H3885 ye H859 about H5048 the wall? H2346 if H518 ye do H8138 so again, H8138 I will lay H7971 hands H3027 on you. From H4480 that H1931 time H6256 forth came they H935 no H3808 more on the sabbath. H7676
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then H559 the king's H4428 servants, H5650 which H834 were in H8179 the king's H4428 gate, H8179 said H559 unto Mordecai, H4782 Why H4069 transgressest H5674 thou H859 the king's H4428 commandment? H4687
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why H4069 did H6923 the knees H1290 prevent me? H6923 or why H4100 the breasts H7699 that H3588 I should suck? H3243
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - Wherefore H4069 are we counted H2803 as beasts, H929 and reputed vile H2933 in your sight? H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - As for me, H595 is my complaint H7879 to man? H120 and if H518 it were so, why H4069 should H7114 not H3808 my spirit H7307 be troubled? H7114
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7 - Wherefore H4069 do H2421 the wicked H7563 live, H2421 become old, H6275 yea, H1571 are mighty H1396 in power? H2428
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - Why, H4069 seeing H7706 times H6256 are H6845 not H3808 hidden H6845 from the Almighty, H7706 do they that know him H3045 not H3808 see H2372 his days? H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - Why H4069 dost thou strive H7378 against him? H413 for H3588 he giveth H6030 not H3808 account of H6030 any H3605 of his matters. H1697

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