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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

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  1. Esther 9:12 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

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  2. Esther 9:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,

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  3. Job 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?

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  4. Job 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?

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  5. Job 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

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  6. Job 6:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

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  7. Job 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.

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  8. Job 6:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?

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  9. Job 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

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  10. Job 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?

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  11. Job 7:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?

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  12. Job 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”

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  13. Job 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

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  14. Job 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’

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  15. Job 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

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  16. Job 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.

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  17. Job 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

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  18. Job 11:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

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  19. Job 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.

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  20. Job 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?

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  21. Job 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

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  22. Job 13:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

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  23. Job 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

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  24. Job 15:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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  25. Job 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

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  26. Job 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

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  27. Job 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

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  28. Job 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

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  29. Job 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

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  30. Job 21:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

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  31. Job 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

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  32. Job 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?

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  33. Job 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

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  34. Job 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

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  35. Job 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

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  36. Job 25:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

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  37. Job 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

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  38. Job 26:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!

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  39. Job 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

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  40. Job 26:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

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  41. Job 27:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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  42. Job 27:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely all of you have seen it for yourselves. Why then do you keep up this empty talk?

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  43. Job 30:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?

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  44. Job 31:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

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  45. Job 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

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  46. Job 31:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?

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  47. Job 34:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.

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  48. Job 34:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.

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  49. Job 35:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’

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  50. Job 35:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?

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