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מָה (mah) means “what?” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָה Hebrew · H4100 752 tagged occurrences in 658 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4100

מָה · mah · what?

interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; 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 glosses: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

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How translators render H4100

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
what 293
why 183
how 78
and what 14
what is 10
and how 6
so why 5
why then 5
how many 4
whatever 4
and 3
and why 3
but what 3
but why 3
for what 3
then what 3
to what 3
who 3
by what means 2
for why 2
how often 2
no matter what 2
or what 2
the source 2
what good 2
what is left 2
what is the matter 2
what right 2
what use 2
what will you gain 2
and because of all 1
and experienced 1
and what is 1
and whatever 1
and whose speech 1
anything 1
but how 1
do i have 1
enough 1
for how then 1
for what is 1
for who 1
he asked what 1
how could 1
how long 1
how much 1
how then 1
if anything 1
is much 1
let us 1
many 1
now what is 1
of what 1
oh how 1
on what 1
one 1
or 1
so how 1
so what good 1
the first time 1
the source of 1
this will last 1
vvv 1
what a nuisance 1
what about 1
what better way 1
what else 1
what exists 1
what gain comes 1
what have we to do 1
what is that 1
what is the issue between you and me 1
what is wrong 1
what it was 1
what may 1
what more 1
what shall i say 1
what then 1
what troubles 1
what was troubling him 1
what will be 1
why was it 1
will you never 1
with anything 1
with what 1
yet what 1
you what 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
what 4
how 3
wherefore 3
but howsoever 1
for 1
for thee what thing 1
how long 1
nothing 1
of thee and what 1
thee from thence why 1
to what 1
to what end 1
unto him how 1
unto him why hast thou 1
what good 1
whereby 1
wherein 1
wherewith 1
why 1
yea whereto 1

Verses containing H4100

Page 13 of 14. 658 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Daniel 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

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  2. Hosea 6:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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  3. Hosea 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

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  4. Hosea 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

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  5. Hosea 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

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  6. Hosea 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

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    Source alternate reference: 14.9

  7. Joel 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

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  8. Joel 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

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  9. Joel 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.4

  10. Amos 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

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  11. Amos 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.

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  12. Amos 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:

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  13. Amos 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”

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  14. Jonah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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  15. Jonah 1:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”

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  16. Jonah 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

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  17. Jonah 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, “What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?”

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  18. Jonah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.

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  19. Micah 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

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  20. Micah 6:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

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  21. Micah 6:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

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  22. Micah 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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  23. Micah 6:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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  24. Nahum 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

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  25. Habakkuk 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

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  26. Habakkuk 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

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  27. Habakkuk 2:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

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  28. Habakkuk 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

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  29. Haggai 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

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  30. Haggai 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’

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  31. Zechariah 1:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “What are these, my lord?” I asked. And the angel who was speaking with me replied, “I will show you what they are.”

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  32. Zechariah 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these?” And he told me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

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    Source alternate reference: 2.2

  33. Zechariah 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

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    Source alternate reference: 2.4

  34. Zechariah 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

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    Source alternate reference: 2.6

  35. Zechariah 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.

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  36. Zechariah 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

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  37. Zechariah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

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  38. Zechariah 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

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  39. Zechariah 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

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  40. Zechariah 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.

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  41. Zechariah 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”

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  42. Zechariah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”

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  43. Zechariah 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”

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  44. Zechariah 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

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  45. Zechariah 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

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  46. Zechariah 9:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.

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  47. Zechariah 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’

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  48. Malachi 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

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  49. Malachi 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

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  50. Malachi 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.

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