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mah H4101

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

מָה Hebrew · H4101 13 tagged occurrences in 11 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4101

מָה · mah · what?

1) what, whatever 1a) what? 1b) whatever, what, whatsoever 1c) how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4100 (מָה) {properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}

KJV glosses: how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.

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How translators render H4101

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 5
how 2
whatever 2
why 2
to 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
what 4
why 3
and how 1
and that which 1
and whatsoever 1
how 1
to thee what 1
unto him what 1

Verses containing H4101

Page 1 of 1. 11 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. Ezra 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

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  2. Ezra 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.

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  3. Ezra 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

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  4. Ezra 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?

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  5. Daniel 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. Then Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

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  6. Daniel 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

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  7. Daniel 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

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  8. Daniel 2:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As you lay on your bed, O king, your thoughts turned to the future, and the Revealer of Mysteries made known to you what will happen.

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  9. Daniel 2:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And just as you saw a stone being cut out of the mountain without human hands, and it shattered the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold, so the great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

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  10. Daniel 4:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.33

  11. Daniel 4:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

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    Source alternate reference: 4.32

Sources and text

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