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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 9 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. Job 35:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

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  2. Job 37:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.

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  3. Job 38:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

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  4. Job 40:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

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  5. Psalms 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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  6. Psalms 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

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    Source alternate reference: 3.2

  7. Psalms 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 4.3

  8. Psalms 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

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    Source alternate reference: 8.2

  9. Psalms 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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    Source alternate reference: 8.5

  10. Psalms 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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    Source alternate reference: 8.10

  11. Psalms 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

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  12. Psalms 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

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  13. Psalms 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

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  14. Psalms 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

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    Source alternate reference: 21.2

  15. Psalms 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

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    Source alternate reference: 22.2

  16. Psalms 30:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

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    Source alternate reference: 30.10

  17. Psalms 31:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

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    Source alternate reference: 31.20

  18. Psalms 35:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

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  19. Psalms 36:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

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    Source alternate reference: 36.8

  20. Psalms 39:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

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    Source alternate reference: 39.5

  21. Psalms 39:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

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    Source alternate reference: 39.8

  22. Psalms 42:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

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    Source alternate reference: 42.6

  23. Psalms 42:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

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    Source alternate reference: 42.10

  24. Psalms 42:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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    Source alternate reference: 42.12

  25. Psalms 43:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

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  26. Psalms 43:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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  27. Psalms 44:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

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    Source alternate reference: 44.24

  28. Psalms 44:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

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    Source alternate reference: 44.25

  29. Psalms 49:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?

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    Source alternate reference: 49.6

  30. Psalms 50:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

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  31. Psalms 52:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. A Maskil of David. After Doeg the Edomite went to Saul and told him, “David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.” Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

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    Source alternate reference: 52.3

  32. Psalms 56:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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    Source alternate reference: 56.5

  33. Psalms 56:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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    Source alternate reference: 56.12

  34. Psalms 66:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

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  35. Psalms 68:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.

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    Source alternate reference: 68.17

  36. Psalms 74:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

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  37. Psalms 74:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

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  38. Psalms 74:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

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  39. Psalms 78:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

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  40. Psalms 79:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

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  41. Psalms 79:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

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  42. Psalms 80:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

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    Source alternate reference: 80.13

  43. Psalms 84:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

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    Source alternate reference: 84.2

  44. Psalms 85:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

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    Source alternate reference: 85.9

  45. Psalms 88:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

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    Source alternate reference: 88.15

  46. Psalms 89:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

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    Source alternate reference: 89.47

  47. Psalms 89:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

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    Source alternate reference: 89.48

  48. Psalms 92:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

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    Source alternate reference: 92.6

  49. Psalms 104:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

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  50. Psalms 114:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

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