מָה

mah

Hebrew H4100 Interrogative 751 occurrences in 657 verses
מָה what?

interr pron

1. what, how, of what kind

a. (interrogative)

1. what?

2. of what kind

3. what? (rhetorical)

4. whatsoever, whatever, what

b. (adverb)

1. how, how now

2. why

3. how! (exclamation)

c. (with prep)

1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?

2. because of what?

3. the like of what?

a. how much?, how many?, how often?

b. for how long?

4. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?

5. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore?

indef pron

2. anything, aught, what may

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 657 verses

  1. 2 Kings 9:19 מַה־

    So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”

  2. 2 Kings 9:22 מָ֣ה

    When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”

  3. 2 Kings 14:10 וְלָ֤מָּה

    You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

  4. 2 Kings 18:19 מָ֧ה

    The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

  5. 2 Kings 20:8 מָ֣ה

    Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”

  6. 2 Kings 20:14 מָ֥ה

    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

  7. 2 Kings 20:15 מָ֥ה

    “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

  8. 2 Kings 23:17 מָ֚ה

    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”

  9. From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

  10. 1 Chronicles 15:13 לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה

    It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

  11. 1 Chronicles 17:6 לָ֛מָּה

    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

  12. What more can David say to You for so honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,

  13. 1 Chronicles 21:3 לָ֣מָּהלָ֛מָּה

    But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

  14. between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

  15. And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”

  16. That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”

  17. 2 Chronicles 7:21 בַּמֶּ֨ה

    And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

  18. He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

  19. When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,

  20. 2 Chronicles 18:15 כַּמֶּ֥ה

    But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

  21. 2 Chronicles 18:20 בַּמָּֽה׃

    Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

  22. Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.

  23. Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

  24. 2 Chronicles 24:20 לָמָה֩

    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

  25. 2 Chronicles 25:9 וּמַֽה־

    Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”

  26. 2 Chronicles 25:15 לָ֤מָּה

    Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”

  27. 2 Chronicles 25:16 לָ֣מָּה

    While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

  28. 2 Chronicles 25:19 לָ֤מָּה

    You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

  29. 2 Chronicles 30:3 לְמַדַּ֔י

    since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

  30. 2 Chronicles 32:4 לָ֤מָּה

    Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.

  31. “This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

  32. Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?

  33. But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

  34. Ezra 9:10 מַה־

    And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments

  35. Nehemiah 2:4 מַה־

    “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven

  36. Nehemiah 2:12 מָ֗ה

    I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.

  37. Nehemiah 2:16 וּמָ֖ה

    The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.

  38. Nehemiah 2:19 מָֽה־

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

  39. Nehemiah 4:2 מָ֛ה

    before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

  40. Nehemiah 6:3 לָ֣מָּה

    So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

  41. Nehemiah 13:17 מָֽה־

    Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

  42. Esther 1:15 מַֽה־

    “According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

  43. Esther 2:11 וּמַה־

    And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

  44. Esther 4:5 מַה־מַה־

    Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.

  45. Esther 5:3 מַה־וּמַה־

    “What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”

  46. Esther 5:6 מַה־וּמַה־

    And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

  47. Esther 6:3 מַֽה־

    The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

  48. Esther 6:6 מַה־

    Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

  49. Esther 7:2 מַה־וּמַה־

    and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

  50. Esther 8:1 מַ֥ה

    That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.

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