Mah מָה
| מָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mah |
| Strong's number | H4100 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | interrogative |
| Gloss | what? |
| Occurrences | 753 in 659 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (57) |
Mah (Hebrew מָה, Strong's H4100) is a Hebrew interrogative meaning “what?”. It occurs 753 times in 659 verses of the Old Testament.
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
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | what (6), how (4), wherefore (2), why (2), whereby (1), good (1), wherewith (1), thou (1), wherein (1), howsoever (1), long (1), whereto (1), and 3 other renderings |
|---|---|
| BSB | what (345), why (201), how (89), whatever (5), how many (4), who (4), source (3), what good (2), anything (2), what is (2), what is the matter (2), what means (2), and 34 other renderings |
Verses
Mah occurs in 659 verses, listed here by reference.
Genesis (56): 2:19, 3:13, 4:6, 4:10, 12:18, 12:19, 15:2, 15:8, 18:13, 20:9, 20:10, 21:17, 21:29, 23:15, 24:31, 25:22, 25:32, 26:10, 27:20, 27:37, 27:45, 27:46, 28:17, 29:15, 29:25, 30:31, 31:26, 31:27, 31:30, 31:32, 31:36, 31:37, 31:43, 32:27, 32:29, 33:15, 37:10, 37:15, 37:20, 37:26, 38:16, 38:18, 38:29, 39:8, 42:1, 42:28, 43:6, 44:4, 44:7, 44:15, 44:16, 46:33, 47:3, 47:8, 47:15, 47:19
Exodus (30): 2:4, 2:13, 2:20, 3:13, 4:2, 5:4, 5:15, 5:22, 10:26, 12:26, 13:14, 14:5, 14:11, 14:15, 15:24, 16:7, 16:8, 16:15, 17:2, 17:3, 17:4, 18:14, 22:27, 32:1, 32:11, 32:12, 32:21, 32:23, 33:5, 33:16
Leviticus (1): 25:20
Numbers (27): 9:7, 9:8, 11:11, 11:20, 13:18, 13:19, 13:20, 14:3, 14:41, 15:34, 16:11, 20:4, 20:5, 21:5, 22:19, 22:28, 22:32, 22:37, 23:3, 23:8, 23:11, 23:17, 23:23, 24:5, 24:22, 27:4, 32:7
Deuteronomy (5): 5:25, 6:20, 10:12, 29:24, 32:20
Joshua (13): 4:6, 4:21, 5:14, 7:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:19, 7:25, 9:22, 15:18, 22:16, 22:24
Judges (35): 1:14, 2:2, 5:16, 5:17, 6:13, 6:15, 7:11, 8:1, 8:2, 8:3, 9:2, 9:48, 11:12, 12:3, 13:8, 13:12, 13:18, 14:18, 15:10, 15:11, 16:5, 16:6, 16:10, 16:13, 16:15, 18:3, 18:8, 18:14, 18:18, 18:23, 18:24, 20:12, 21:3, 21:7, 21:16
1 Samuel (56): 1:8, 2:23, 2:29, 3:17, 4:3, 4:6, 4:14, 4:16, 5:8, 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, 6:6, 9:7, 9:21, 10:2, 10:11, 10:15, 10:27, 11:5, 13:11, 14:38, 14:41, 14:43, 15:14, 15:19, 17:8, 17:26, 17:28, 17:29, 19:3, 19:5, 19:17, 20:1, 20:4, 20:8, 20:10, 20:32, 21:3, 21:14, 22:3, 22:13, 24:9, 25:17, 26:15, 26:18, 27:5, 28:9, 28:12, 28:13, 28:14, 28:15, 28:16, 29:3, 29:4, 29:8
2 Samuel (42): 1:4, 2:22, 3:24, 6:20, 7:7, 7:20, 9:8, 11:21, 12:21, 12:23, 13:26, 14:5, 14:13, 14:31, 14:32, 15:19, 16:2, 16:9, 16:10, 16:17, 16:20, 17:5, 18:22, 18:23, 18:29, 19:10, 19:11, 19:12, 19:22, 19:25, 19:28, 19:29, 19:34, 19:35, 19:36, 19:42, 20:19, 21:3, 21:4, 24:3, 24:13, 24:17
1 Kings (19): 1:16, 2:22, 3:5, 9:8, 9:13, 11:22, 12:9, 12:16, 14:3, 14:6, 14:14, 17:18, 18:9, 19:9, 19:13, 19:20, 21:5, 22:16, 22:22
2 Kings (23): 1:5, 1:7, 2:9, 3:13, 4:2, 4:13, 4:14, 4:43, 5:8, 6:28, 6:33, 7:3, 8:13, 8:14, 9:18, 9:19, 9:22, 14:10, 18:19, 20:8, 20:14, 20:15, 23:17
1 Chronicles (7): 12:32, 15:13, 17:6, 17:18, 21:3, 21:12, 21:17
2 Chronicles (18): 1:7, 7:21, 10:9, 10:16, 18:15, 18:20, 19:6, 20:12, 24:20, 25:9, 25:15, 25:16, 25:19, 30:3, 32:4, 32:10, 32:13, 35:21
Ezra (1): 9:10
Nehemiah (7): 2:4, 2:12, 2:16, 2:19, 4:2, 6:3, 13:17
Esther (11): 1:15, 2:11, 4:5, 5:3, 5:6, 6:3, 6:6, 7:2, 8:1, 9:12, 9:26
Job (52): 3:11, 3:12, 3:20, 6:11, 6:24, 6:25, 7:17, 7:19, 7:20, 7:21, 9:2, 9:12, 9:29, 10:2, 10:18, 11:8, 13:13, 13:14, 13:23, 13:24, 15:9, 15:12, 15:14, 16:3, 16:6, 19:22, 19:28, 21:15, 21:17, 21:21, 22:13, 22:17, 23:5, 25:4, 26:2, 26:3, 26:7, 26:14, 27:8, 27:12, 30:2, 31:1, 31:2, 31:14, 34:4, 34:33, 35:3, 35:6, 35:7, 37:19, 38:6, 40:4
Psalms (57): 2:1, 3:1, 4:2, 8:1, 8:4, 8:9, 10:1, 10:13, 11:3, 21:1, 22:1, 30:9, 31:19, 35:17, 36:7, 39:4, 39:7, 42:5, 42:9, 42:11, 43:2, 43:5, 44:23, 44:24, 49:5, 50:16, 52:1, 56:4, 56:11, 66:3, 68:16, 74:1, 74:9, 74:11, 78:40, 79:5, 79:10, 80:12, 84:1, 85:8, 88:14, 89:46, 89:47, 92:5, 104:24, 114:5, 115:2, 116:12, 118:6, 119:9, 119:84, 119:97, 119:103, 120:3, 133:1, 139:17, 144:3
Proverbs (13): 4:19, 5:20, 9:13, 15:23, 16:16, 17:16, 20:24, 22:27, 25:8, 27:1, 30:4, 30:13, 31:2
Ecclesiastes (25): 1:3, 1:9, 2:2, 2:12, 2:15, 2:22, 3:9, 3:15, 3:22, 5:6, 5:11, 5:16, 6:8, 6:10, 6:11, 6:12, 7:10, 7:16, 7:17, 7:24, 8:4, 8:7, 10:14, 11:2, 11:5
Song of Solomon (9): 1:7, 4:10, 5:8, 5:9, 6:13, 7:1, 7:6, 8:4, 8:8
Isaiah (27): 1:5, 1:11, 2:22, 3:15, 5:4, 10:3, 14:32, 19:12, 21:11, 22:1, 22:16, 36:4, 38:15, 38:22, 39:3, 39:4, 40:6, 40:18, 40:27, 41:22, 45:9, 45:10, 52:5, 52:7, 55:2, 58:3, 63:17
Jeremiah (43): 1:11, 1:13, 2:5, 2:18, 2:23, 2:29, 2:33, 2:36, 4:30, 5:15, 5:19, 5:31, 6:20, 7:17, 8:6, 8:9, 8:14, 9:12, 11:15, 13:21, 14:8, 14:9, 15:18, 16:10, 20:18, 22:8, 22:23, 23:28, 23:33, 23:35, 23:37, 24:3, 27:13, 27:17, 29:27, 30:15, 33:24, 37:18, 38:25, 40:15, 44:7, 48:19, 49:4
Lamentations (4): 2:13, 3:39, 5:1, 5:20
Ezekiel (16): 8:6, 12:9, 12:22, 15:2, 16:30, 17:12, 18:2, 18:31, 19:2, 20:29, 21:7, 21:13, 24:19, 33:11, 33:30, 37:18
Hosea (5): 6:4, 9:5, 9:14, 10:3, 14:8
Amos (4): 4:13, 5:18, 7:8, 8:2
Jonah (5): 1:6, 1:8, 1:10, 1:11, 4:5
Micah (5): 4:9, 6:3, 6:5, 6:6, 6:8
Nahum (1): 1:9
Habakkuk (4): 1:3, 1:13, 2:1, 2:18
Zechariah (17): 1:9, 1:19, 1:21, 2:2, 4:2, 4:4, 4:5, 4:11, 4:12, 4:13, 5:2, 5:5, 5:6, 6:4, 7:3, 9:17, 13:6
Malachi (11): 1:2, 1:6, 1:7, 1:13, 2:14, 2:15, 2:17, 3:7, 3:8, 3:13, 3:14
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).