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Lexicon :: Strong's H4101 - mâ

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מָה
Transliteration
mâ
Pronunciation
maw
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Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to מָה (H4100)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2822

Strong’s Definitions

מָה mâh, maw; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4100:—how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4101 in the following manner: what (6x), why (3x), that which (1x), whatsoever (1x), how great (1x), how mighty (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4101 in the following manner: what (6x), why (3x), that which (1x), whatsoever (1x), how great (1x), how mighty (1x).

  1. what, whatever

    1. what?

    2. whatever, what, whatsoever

    3. how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָה mâh, maw; (Aramaic) corresponding to H4100:—how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.
STRONGS H4101: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† מָה ([H3964 מָא † Ezra 6:8]) pronoun interrogative and indefinite what? (Biblical Hebrew H4100 מָה; Nabataean מה; Zinjirli מ; Targum מא; Syriac axm; Arabic مَا: compare WCG 124 f.); —
1. what ? Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] מה עבדת.
2. whatever, what (compare Biblical Hebrew H4100 1b end) Daniel 2:22 ידע מח בחשׁוכא knoweth what is in darkness, Ezra 6:9: so מָה דִּי (compare H1768 דִּי 1b: so Nabataean; Palmyrene מא די, מדי, Lzb306 Cooke320, 332) Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:29 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:45; [H3964 Ezra 6:8] למא די תעבדון with regard to what ye shall do, Ezra 7:18 (= whatsoever).
3. with prefixes:
a. כְּמָה how! Daniel 3:33 [Daniel 4:3] (twice in verse).
b. לְמָה why? (compare Biblical Hebrew לָמָּה) Ezra 4:22 be not slack herein: why should damage grow, etc., virtually = lest damage grow (Greek Version of the LXX μή ποτε), Ezra 7:23 די למה להוא קצף for why should there be wrath ? = lest [Greek Version of the LXX μή ποτε] there be wrath (compare Targum דִּילְמָא, Syriac axmlfD lest: and see H4100 מָה 4 d (b).
c. על־מה wherefore? Daniel 2:15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:22; 6:9; 7:18; 7:23

Daniel

2:15; 2:22; 2:28; 2:29; 2:45; 4:3; 4:35

H4101

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4101 matches the Hebrew מָה (mâ),
which occurs 13 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:22 - Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God of heaven, grain, salt, wine, and oil, whatever the priests in Jerusalem say is necessary, is to be given to them day by day regularly:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 - And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Whatever is ordered by the God of heaven, let it be done completely for the house of the God of heaven; so that there may not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - He made answer and said to Arioch, O captain of the king, why is the king's order so cruel? Then Arioch gave Daniel an account of the business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:22 - He is the unveiler of deep and secret things: he has knowledge of what is in the dark, and the light has its living-place with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - But there is a God in heaven, the unveiler of secrets, and he has given to King Nebuchadnezzar knowledge of what will take place in the last days. Your dreams and the visions of your head on your bed are these:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:29 - As for you, O King, the thoughts which came to you on your bed were of what will come about after this: and the unveiler of secrets has made clear to you what is to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that by it the iron and the brass and the earth and the silver and the gold were broken to bits, a great God has given the king knowledge of what is to take place in the future: the dream is fixed, and its sense is certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:3 - How great are his signs! and how full of power are his wonders! his kingdom is an eternal kingdom and his rule goes on from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
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