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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - Isaac H3327 said H559 to them, “Why H4069 have you come H935 to me, since you hate H8130 me and have sent H7971 me away H7971 from you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - He asked H7592 Pharaoh’s H6547 officials H5631 who H834 were with him in confinement H4929 in his master’s H113 house, H1004 “[fn]Why H4069 are your faces H6440 so sad H7451 today?” H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - So the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 called H7121 for the midwives H3205 and said H559 to them, “Why H4069 have you done H6213 this H2088 thing, H1697 and let the boys H3206 live?” H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - When they came H935 to Reuel H7467 their father, H1 he said, H559 “Why H4069 have you come H935 back so soon H4116 today?” H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - So Moses H4872 said, H559 “[fn]I must turn H5493 aside H5493 now H4994 and see H7200 this H2088 [fn]marvelous H1419 sight, H4758 why H4069 the bush H5572 is not burned H1197 up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen H7860 of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 whom H834 Pharaoh’s H6547 taskmasters H5065 had set H7760 over H5921 them, were beaten H5221 [fn]and were asked, H559 “Why H4069 have you not completed H3615 your required H2706 amount H2706 either H1571 yesterday H8543 or H1571 today H3117 in making H3835 brick H3835 as previously?” H8543 H8032

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - Now when Moses’ H4872 father-in-law H2859 saw H7200 all H3605 that he was doing H6213 for the people, H5971 he said, H559 “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 that you are doing H6213 for the people? H5971 Why H4069 do you alone H905 sit H3427 as judge and all H3605 the people H5971 stand H5324 about H5921 you from morning H1242 until H5704 evening?” H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:17 - “Why H4069 did you not eat H398 the sin H2403 offering H2403 at the holy H6944 place? H4725 For it is most H6944 holy, H6944 and [fn]He gave H5414 it to you to bear H5375 away the guilt H5771 of the congregation, H5712 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for them before H6440 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - With him I speak H1696 mouth H6310 to mouth, H6310
Even openly, H4758 and not in dark H2420 sayings, H2420
And he beholds H5027 the form H8544 of the LORD. H3068
Why H4069 then were you not afraid H3372
To speak H1696 against My servant, H5650 against Moses?” H4872

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - They assembled H6950 together against H5921 Moses H4872 and Aaron, H175 and said H559 to them, “[fn]You have gone far H7227 enough, H7227 for all H3605 the congregation H5712 are holy, H6918 every H3605 one H3605 of them, and the LORD H3068 is in their midst; H8432 so why H4069 do you exalt H5375 yourselves above H5921 the assembly H6951 of the LORD?” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - Then the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 spoke H1696 to Joshua, H3091 saying, H559 “Why H4069 have you given H5414 me only one H259 lot H1486 and one H259 portion H2256 for an inheritance, H5159 since I am a numerous H7227 people H5971 whom H834 the LORD H3068 has thus H3541 far H5704 blessed?” H1288

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “Out of the window H2474 she looked H8259 and lamented, H2980
The mother H517 of Sisera H5516 through H1157 the [fn]lattice, H822
‘Why H4069 does his chariot H7393 delay H309 in coming? H935
Why H4069 do the [fn]hoofbeats H6471 of his chariots H4818 tarry?’ H309

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said, H559 “Who H4310 is Abimelech, H40 and who H4310 is Shechem, H7927 that we should serve H5647 him? Is he not the son H1121 of Jerubbaal, H3378 and is Zebul H2083 not his [fn]lieutenant? H6496 Serve H5647 the men H376 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem; H7927 but why H4069 should we serve H5647 him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - Then Jephthah H3316 said H559 to the elders H2205 of Gilead, H1568 “Did you not hate H8130 me and drive H1644 me from my father’s H1 house? H1004 So why H4069 have you come H935 to me now H6258 when H834 you are in trouble?” H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - ‘While Israel H3478 lived H3427 in Heshbon H2809 and its villages, H1323 and in Aroer H6177 and its villages, H1323 and in all H3605 the cities H5892 that are on the banks H3027 of the Arnon, H769 three H7969 hundred H3967 years, H8141 why H4069 did you not recover H5337 them within that time? H6256

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - Then the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned, H6817 and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829 and said H559 to Jephthah, H3316 “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 without H3808 calling H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 your house H1004 down on you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell H5307 on her face, H6440 bowing H7812 to the ground H776 and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 have I found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869 that you should take H5234 notice H5234 of me, since I am a foreigner?” H5237

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - He said H559 to him, “Far H2486 from it, you shall not die. H4191 Behold, H2009 my father H1 does H6213 nothing H3808 H1697 either great H1419 or H176 small H6996 [fn]without H3808 disclosing H1540 it to me. So why H4069 should my father H1 hide H5641 this H2088 thing H1697 from me? It is not so!” H2088

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - It came H1961 about the next H4283 day, H4283 the second H8145 day of the new H2320 moon, H2320 that David’s H1732 place H4725 was empty; H6485 so Saul H7586 said H559 to Jonathan H3083 his son, H1121 “Why H4069 has the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 not come H935 to the meal, H3899 either H1571 yesterday H8543 or H1571 today?” H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - Then David H1732 came H935 to Nob H5011 to Ahimelech H288 the priest; H3548 and Ahimelech H288 came H2729 trembling H2729 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 are you alone H905 and no H369 one H376 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - Now Saul H7586 had a concubine H6370 whose name H8034 was Rizpah, H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah; H345 and [fn]Ish-bosheth said H559 to Abner, H74 “Why H4069 have you gone H935 in to my father’s H1 concubine?” H6370

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - Now when they told H5046 David, H1732 saying, H559 “Uriah H223 did not go H3381 down H3381 to his house,” H1004 David H1732 said H559 to Uriah, H223 “Have you not come H935 from a journey? H1870 Why H4069 did you not go H3381 down H3381 to your house?” H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - and if H518 it happens H1961 that the king’s H4428 wrath H2534 rises H5927 and he says H559 to you, ‘Why H4069 did you go H5066 so near H5066 to the city H5892 to fight? H3898 Did you not know H3045 that they would shoot H3384 from the wall? H2346

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - ‘Why H4069 have you despised H959 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by doing H6213 evil H7451 in His sight? H5869 You have struck H5221 down H5221 Uriah H223 the Hittite H2850 with the sword, H2719 have taken H3947 his wife H802 to be your wife, H802 and have killed H2026 him with the sword H2719 of the sons H1121 of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - He said H559 to him, “O son H1121 of the king, H4428 why H4069 are you so H3602 depressed H1800 morning H1242 after morning? H1242 Will you not tell H5046 me?” Then Amnon H550 said H559 to him, “I am in love H157 with Tamar, H8559 the sister H269 of my brother H251 Absalom.” H53

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king H4428 said, H559 “What H4100 have I to do with you, O sons H1121 of Zeruiah? H6870 If H3588 he curses, H7043 and if H3588 the LORD H3068 has told H559 him, ‘Curse H7043 David,’ H1732 then who H4310 shall say, H559 ‘Why H4069 have you done H6213 so?’” H3651

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - Then Joab H3097 said H559 to the man H376 who had told H5046 him, “Now behold, H2009 you saw H7200 him! Why H4069 then did you not strike H5221 him there H8033 to the ground? H776 And I would have given H5414 you ten H6235 pieces of silver H3701 and a belt.” H2290

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - And behold, H2009 all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 came H935 to the king H4428 and said H559 to the king, H4428 “Why H4069 had our brothers H251 the men H376 of Judah H3063 stolen H1589 you away, H1589 and brought H5674 the king H4428 and his household H1004 and all H3605 David’s H1732 men H376 with him over H5674 the Jordan?” H3383

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men H376 of Israel H3478 answered H6030 the men H376 of Judah H3063 and said, H559 “[fn]We have ten H6235 parts H3027 in the king, H4428 therefore [fn]we also H1571 have more H4480 claim on David H1732 than H4480 you. Why H4069 then did you treat H7043 us with contempt? H7043 Was it not [fn]our advice H1697 first H7223 to bring H7725 back H7725 [fn]our king?” H4428 Yet the words H1697 of the men H376 of Judah H3063 were harsher H7185 than H4480 the words H1697 of the men H376 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - Then Araunah H728 said, H559 “Why H4069 has my lord H113 the king H4428 come H935 to his servant?” H5650 And David H1732 said, H559 “To buy H7069 the threshing H1637 floor H1637 from you, in order to build H1129 an altar H4196 to the LORD, H3068 that the plague H4046 may be held H6113 back H6113 from the people.” H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - His father H1 had never H3808 [fn]crossed H6087 him at any H4480 time H3117 by asking, H559 “Why H4069 have you done H6213 so?” H3602 And he was also H1571 a very H3966 handsome H2896 H8389 man, H2896 and [fn]he was born H3205 after H310 Absalom. H53

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go H1980 [fn]at once H935 to King H4428 David H1732 and say H559 to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, H113 O king, H4428 sworn H7650 to your maidservant, H519 saying, H559 “Surely H3588 Solomon H8010 your son H1121 shall be king H4427 after H310 me, and he shall sit H3427 on my throne”? H3678 Why H4069 then has Adonijah H138 become H4427 king?’ H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - Now Adonijah H138 and all H3605 the guests H7121 who H834 were with him heard H8085 it as they finished H3615 eating. H398 When Joab H3097 heard H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet, H7782 he said, H559 “Why H4069 [fn]is the city H7151 making H1993 such an uproar?” H1993

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - “Why H4069 then have you not kept H8104 the oath H7621 of the LORD, H3068 and the command H4687 which H834 I [fn]have laid H6680 on you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - He said, H559 “Why H4069 will you go H1980 to him today? H3117 It is neither H3808 new H2320 moon H2320 nor H3808 sabbath.” H7676 And she said, H559 “It will be well.” H7965

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Hazael H2371 said, H559 “Why H4069 does my lord H113 weep?” H1058 Then he [fn]answered, H559 “Because H3588 I know H3045 the evil H7451 that you will do H6213 to the sons H1121 of Israel: H3478 their strongholds H4013 you will set H7971 on fire, H784 and their young H970 men H970 you will kill H2026 with the sword, H2719 and their little H5768 ones H5768 you will dash H7376 in pieces, H7376 and their women H2030 with child H2030 you will rip H1234 up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Now Jehu H3058 came H3318 out to the servants H5650 of his master, H113 and one said H559 to him, “Is all well? H7965 Why H4069 did this H2088 mad H7696 fellow H7696 come H935 to you?” And he said H559 to them, “You know H3045 very well the man H376 and his talk.” H7879

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - Then King H4428 Jehoash H3060 called H7121 for Jehoiada H3077 the priest, H3548 and for the other priests H3548 and said H559 to them, “Why H4069 do you not repair H2388 the damages H919 of the house? H1004 Now H6258 therefore take H3947 no H408 more money H3701 from your acquaintances, H4378 but pay H5414 it for the damages H919 of the house.” H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king H4428 summoned H7121 Jehoiada H3077 the chief H7218 priest and said H559 to him, “Why H4069 have you not required H1875 the Levites H3881 to bring H935 in from Judah H3063 and from Jerusalem H3389 the levy H4864 fixed by Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 on the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 for the tent H168 of the testimony?” H5715

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - So the king H4428 said H559 to me, “Why H4069 is your face H6440 sad H7451 though you are not sick? H2470 This H2088 is nothing H369 but sadness H7455 of heart.” H3820 Then I was very H3966 much H7235 afraid. H3372

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - I said H559 to the king, H4428 “Let the king H4428 live H2421 forever. H5769 Why H4069 should my face H6440 not be sad H7489 when H834 the city, H5892 the place H1004 of my fathers’ H1 tombs, H6913 lies desolate H2720 and its gates H8179 have been consumed H398 by fire?” H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I [fn]reprimanded H7378 the officials H5461 and said, H559 “Why H4069 is the house H1004 of God H430 forsaken?” H5800 Then I gathered H6908 them together and restored H5975 them to their posts. H5977

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I [fn]warned H5749 them and said H559 to them, “Why H4069 do you spend H3885 the night H3885 in front H5048 of the wall? H2346 If H518 you do H8138 so again, H8138 I will [fn]use H7971 force H3027 against you.” From that time H6256 on they did not come H935 on the sabbath. H7676

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king’s H4428 servants H5650 who H834 were at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 said H559 to Mordecai, H4782 “Why H4069 are you transgressing H5674 the king’s H4428 command?” H4687

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - “Why H4069 did the knees H1290 receive H6923 me,
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - “Why H4069 are we regarded H2803 as beasts, H929
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - “As for me, is my complaint H7879 [fn]to man? H120
And why H4069 should [fn]I not be impatient? H7114

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7 - “Why H4069 do the wicked H7563 still live, H2421
Continue H6275 on, also H1571 become H1396 very H2428 powerful? H2428

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - “Why H4069 are [fn]times H6256 not stored H6845 up by the Almighty, H7706
And why do those who know H3045 Him not see H2372 His days? H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - “Why H4069 do you complain H7378 against H413 Him
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