H4100: מָה
mâh · pronounced maw · “what?”
Definition
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 translates it as: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Word origin: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4100 is translated
- what? ×435
- why? ×206
- how! ×39
- how? ×26
- whatever ×20
- many? ×7
- when? ×5
- what! ×2
- long? ×2
- much? ×2
- is this? ×1
- first time ×1
Bible verses with H4100 (mâh)
Mâh appears in 659 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Genesis 2:19
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
- Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
- Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
- Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
- Genesis 12:19
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
- Genesis 15:2
And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
- Genesis 15:8
And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
- Genesis 18:13
And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
- Genesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
- Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
- Genesis 21:17
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- Genesis 21:29
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
- Genesis 23:15
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
- Genesis 24:31
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
- Genesis 25:22
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.
- Genesis 25:32
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
- Genesis 26:10
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
- Genesis 27:20
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
- Genesis 27:37
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
- Genesis 27:45
Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
- Genesis 27:46
And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?
- Genesis 28:17
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- Genesis 29:15
And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
- Genesis 29:25
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
All 659 references (first 400)
- Genesis 30:31
- Genesis 31:26
- Genesis 31:27
- Genesis 31:30
- Genesis 31:32
- Genesis 31:36
- Genesis 31:37
- Genesis 31:43
- Genesis 32:27
- Genesis 32:29
- Genesis 33:15
- Genesis 37:10
- Genesis 37:15
- Genesis 37:20
- Genesis 37:26
- Genesis 38:16
- Genesis 38:18
- Genesis 38:29
- Genesis 39:8
- Genesis 42:1
- Genesis 42:28
- Genesis 43:6
- Genesis 44:4
- Genesis 44:7
- Genesis 44:15
- Genesis 44:16
- Genesis 46:33
- Genesis 47:3
- Genesis 47:8
- Genesis 47:15
- Genesis 47:19
- Exodus 2:4
- Exodus 2:13
- Exodus 2:20
- Exodus 3:13
- Exodus 4:2
- Exodus 5:4
- Exodus 5:15
- Exodus 5:22
- Exodus 10:26
- Exodus 12:26
- Exodus 13:14
- Exodus 14:5
- Exodus 14:11
- Exodus 14:15
- Exodus 15:24
- Exodus 16:7
- Exodus 16:8
- Exodus 16:15
- Exodus 17:2
- Exodus 17:3
- Exodus 17:4
- Exodus 18:14
- Exodus 22:27
- Exodus 32:1
- Exodus 32:11
- Exodus 32:12
- Exodus 32:21
- Exodus 32:23
- Exodus 33:5
- Exodus 33:16
- Leviticus 25:20
- Numbers 9:7
- Numbers 9:8
- Numbers 11:11
- Numbers 11:20
- Numbers 13:18
- Numbers 13:19
- Numbers 13:20
- Numbers 14:3
- Numbers 14:41
- Numbers 15:34
- Numbers 16:11
- Numbers 20:4
- Numbers 20:5
- Numbers 21:5
- Numbers 22:19
- Numbers 22:28
- Numbers 22:32
- Numbers 22:37
- Numbers 23:3
- Numbers 23:8
- Numbers 23:11
- Numbers 23:17
- Numbers 23:23
- Numbers 24:5
- Numbers 24:22
- Numbers 27:4
- Numbers 32:7
- Deuteronomy 5:25
- Deuteronomy 6:20
- Deuteronomy 10:12
- Deuteronomy 29:24
- Deuteronomy 32:20
- Joshua 4:6
- Joshua 4:21
- Joshua 5:14
- Joshua 7:7
- Joshua 7:8
- Joshua 7:9
- Joshua 7:10
- Joshua 7:19
- Joshua 7:25
- Joshua 9:22
- Joshua 15:18
- Joshua 22:16
- Joshua 22:24
- Judges 1:14
- Judges 2:2
- Judges 5:16
- Judges 5:17
- Judges 6:13
- Judges 6:15
- Judges 7:11
- Judges 8:1
- Judges 8:2
- Judges 8:3
- Judges 9:2
- Judges 9:48
- Judges 11:12
- Judges 12:3
- Judges 13:8
- Judges 13:12
- Judges 13:18
- Judges 14:18
- Judges 15:10
- Judges 15:11
- Judges 16:5
- Judges 16:6
- Judges 16:10
- Judges 16:13
- Judges 16:15
- Judges 18:3
- Judges 18:8
- Judges 18:14
- Judges 18:18
- Judges 18:23
- Judges 18:24
- Judges 20:12
- Judges 21:3
- Judges 21:7
- Judges 21:16
- Ruth 1:11
- Ruth 1:21
- 1 Samuel 1:8
- 1 Samuel 2:23
- 1 Samuel 2:29
- 1 Samuel 3:17
- 1 Samuel 4:3
- 1 Samuel 4:6
- 1 Samuel 4:14
- 1 Samuel 4:16
- 1 Samuel 5:8
- 1 Samuel 6:2
- 1 Samuel 6:3
- 1 Samuel 6:4
- 1 Samuel 6:6
- 1 Samuel 9:7
- 1 Samuel 9:21
- 1 Samuel 10:2
- 1 Samuel 10:11
- 1 Samuel 10:15
- 1 Samuel 10:27
- 1 Samuel 11:5
- 1 Samuel 13:11
- 1 Samuel 14:38
- 1 Samuel 14:41
- 1 Samuel 14:43
- 1 Samuel 15:14
- 1 Samuel 15:19
- 1 Samuel 17:8
- 1 Samuel 17:26
- 1 Samuel 17:28
- 1 Samuel 17:29
- 1 Samuel 19:3
- 1 Samuel 19:5
- 1 Samuel 19:17
- 1 Samuel 20:1
- 1 Samuel 20:4
- 1 Samuel 20:8
- 1 Samuel 20:10
- 1 Samuel 20:32
- 1 Samuel 21:3
- 1 Samuel 21:14
- 1 Samuel 22:3
- 1 Samuel 22:13
- 1 Samuel 24:9
- 1 Samuel 25:17
- 1 Samuel 26:15
- 1 Samuel 26:18
- 1 Samuel 27:5
- 1 Samuel 28:9
- 1 Samuel 28:12
- 1 Samuel 28:13
- 1 Samuel 28:14
- 1 Samuel 28:15
- 1 Samuel 28:16
- 1 Samuel 29:3
- 1 Samuel 29:4
- 1 Samuel 29:8
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 2 Samuel 2:22
- 2 Samuel 3:24
- 2 Samuel 6:20
- 2 Samuel 7:7
- 2 Samuel 7:20
- 2 Samuel 9:8
- 2 Samuel 11:21
- 2 Samuel 12:21
- 2 Samuel 12:23
- 2 Samuel 13:26
- 2 Samuel 14:5
- 2 Samuel 14:13
- 2 Samuel 14:31
- 2 Samuel 14:32
- 2 Samuel 15:19
- 2 Samuel 16:2
- 2 Samuel 16:9
- 2 Samuel 16:10
- 2 Samuel 16:17
- 2 Samuel 16:20
- 2 Samuel 17:5
- 2 Samuel 18:22
- 2 Samuel 18:23
- 2 Samuel 18:29
- 2 Samuel 19:10
- 2 Samuel 19:11
- 2 Samuel 19:12
- 2 Samuel 19:22
- 2 Samuel 19:25
- 2 Samuel 19:28
- 2 Samuel 19:29
- 2 Samuel 19:34
- 2 Samuel 19:35
- 2 Samuel 19:36
- 2 Samuel 19:42
- 2 Samuel 20:19
- 2 Samuel 21:3
- 2 Samuel 21:4
- 2 Samuel 24:3
- 2 Samuel 24:13
- 2 Samuel 24:17
- 1 Kings 1:16
- 1 Kings 2:22
- 1 Kings 3:5
- 1 Kings 9:8
- 1 Kings 9:13
- 1 Kings 11:22
- 1 Kings 12:9
- 1 Kings 12:16
- 1 Kings 14:3
- 1 Kings 14:6
- 1 Kings 14:14
- 1 Kings 17:18
- 1 Kings 18:9
- 1 Kings 19:9
- 1 Kings 19:13
- 1 Kings 19:20
- 1 Kings 21:5
- 1 Kings 22:16
- 1 Kings 22:22
- 2 Kings 1:5
- 2 Kings 1:7
- 2 Kings 2:9
- 2 Kings 3:13
- 2 Kings 4:2
- 2 Kings 4:13
- 2 Kings 4:14
- 2 Kings 4:43
- 2 Kings 5:8
- 2 Kings 6:28
- 2 Kings 6:33
- 2 Kings 7:3
- 2 Kings 8:13
- 2 Kings 8:14
- 2 Kings 9:18
- 2 Kings 9:19
- 2 Kings 9:22
- 2 Kings 14:10
- 2 Kings 18:19
- 2 Kings 20:8
- 2 Kings 20:14
- 2 Kings 20:15
- 2 Kings 23:17
- 1 Chronicles 12:32
- 1 Chronicles 15:13
- 1 Chronicles 17:6
- 1 Chronicles 17:18
- 1 Chronicles 21:3
- 1 Chronicles 21:12
- 1 Chronicles 21:17
- 2 Chronicles 1:7
- 2 Chronicles 7:21
- 2 Chronicles 10:9
- 2 Chronicles 10:16
- 2 Chronicles 18:15
- 2 Chronicles 18:20
- 2 Chronicles 19:6
- 2 Chronicles 20:12
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
- 2 Chronicles 25:9
- 2 Chronicles 25:15
- 2 Chronicles 25:16
- 2 Chronicles 25:19
- 2 Chronicles 30:3
- 2 Chronicles 32:4
- 2 Chronicles 32:10
- 2 Chronicles 32:13
- 2 Chronicles 35:21
- Ezra 9:10
- Nehemiah 2:4
- Nehemiah 2:12
- Nehemiah 2:16
- Nehemiah 2:19
- Nehemiah 4:2
- Nehemiah 6:3
- Nehemiah 13:17
- Esther 1:15
- Esther 2:11
- Esther 4:5
- Esther 5:3
- Esther 5:6
- Esther 6:3
- Esther 6:6
- Esther 7:2
- Esther 8:1
- Esther 9:12
- Esther 9:26
- Job 3:11
- Job 3:12
- Job 3:20
- Job 6:11
- Job 6:24
- Job 6:25
- Job 7:17
- Job 7:19
- Job 7:20
- Job 7:21
- Job 9:2
- Job 9:12
- Job 9:29
- Job 10:2
- Job 10:18
- Job 11:8
- Job 13:13
- Job 13:14
- Job 13:23
- Job 13:24
- Job 15:9
- Job 15:12
- Job 15:14
- Job 16:3
- Job 16:6
- Job 19:22
- Job 19:28
- Job 21:15
- Job 21:17
- Job 21:21
- Job 22:13
- Job 22:17
- Job 23:5
- Job 25:4
- Job 26:2
- Job 26:3
- Job 26:7
- Job 26:14
- Job 27:8
- Job 27:12
- Job 30:2
- Job 31:1
- Job 31:2
- Job 31:14
- Job 34:4
- Job 34:33
- Job 35:3
Words derived from H4100
בְּלִימָה H1099
bᵉlîymâh — nothing
מָא H3964
mâʼ — what
מַדּוּעַ H4069
maddûwaʻ — why?
מַדַּי H4078
madday — sufficiency
מָה H4101
mâh — what?
מָהַהּ H4102
mâhahh — to delay
מִי H4310
mîy — who?
מַכְנַדְבַי H4367
Maknadbay — Machnadebai
מָן H4478
mân — manna
מַתְּלָאָה H4972
mattᵉlâʼâh — weariness
λαμά G2982
lamá — why?