מָה

Word meanings

Strong's 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; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

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361. 2 Chronicles 20:12 מַֽה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

362. 2 Chronicles 24:20 לָמָה֩ la.Mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you.

363. 2 Chronicles 25:9 וּמַֽה־ u.mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this.

364. 2 Chronicles 25:15 לָ֤מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

365. 2 Chronicles 25:16 לָ֣מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

366. 2 Chronicles 25:19 לָ֤מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

367. 2 Chronicles 30:3 לְמַדַּ֔י le.ma.Dai · Stands in for a person or thing

     For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

368. 2 Chronicles 32:4 לָ֤מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

369. 2 Chronicles 32:10 מָה֙ mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem?

370. 2 Chronicles 32:13 מֶ֤ה meh · Stands in for a person or thing

     Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand?

371. 2 Chronicles 35:21 מַה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

372. Ezra 9:10 מַה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

373. Nehemiah 2:4 מַה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

374. Nehemiah 2:12 מָ֗ה Mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

375. Nehemiah 2:16 וּמָ֖ה u.Mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

376. Nehemiah 2:19 מָֽה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

377. Nehemiah 4:2 מָ֛ה mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?

378. Nehemiah 6:3 לָ֣מָּה La.mah · Stands in for a person or thing

     And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

379. Nehemiah 13:17 מָֽה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

380. Esther 1:15 מַֽה־ mah- · Stands in for a person or thing

     What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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