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. Job 35:7 מַה־מַה־

    If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?

  2. Job 37:19 מַה־

    Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.

  3. Job 38:6 מָ֭ה

    On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,

  4. Job 40:4 מָ֣ה

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  5. Psalms 2:1 לָ֭מָּה

    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

  6. Psalms 3:1 מָֽה־

    O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

  7. Psalms 4:2 מֶ֬ה

    How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah

  8. Psalms 8:1 מָֽה־

    O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

  9. Psalms 8:4 מָֽה־

    what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

  10. Psalms 8:9 מָֽה־

    O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

  11. Psalms 10:1 לָמָ֣ה

    Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

  12. Psalms 10:13 מֶ֤ה׀

    Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”

  13. Psalms 11:3 מַה־

    If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

  14. Psalms 21:1 מַה־

    O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!

  15. Psalms 22:1 לָמָ֣ה

    My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

  16. Psalms 30:9 מַה־

    “What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

  17. Psalms 31:19 מָ֤ה

    How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!

  18. Psalms 35:17 כַּמָּ֪ה

    How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

  19. Psalms 36:7 מַה־

    How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

  20. Psalms 39:4 מַה־מֶה־

    “Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

  21. Psalms 39:7 מַה־

    And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.

  22. Psalms 42:5 מַה־

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

  23. Psalms 42:9 לָמָ֪הלָֽמָּה־

    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

  24. Psalms 42:11 מַה־וּֽמַה־

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

  25. Psalms 43:2 לָמָ֪הלָֽמָּה־

    For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

  26. Psalms 43:5 מַה־וּֽמַה־

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

  27. Psalms 44:23 לָ֖מָּה

    Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

  28. Psalms 44:24 לָֽמָּה־

    Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

  29. Psalms 49:5 לָ֣מָּה

    Why should I fear in times of trouble, when wicked usurpers surround me?

  30. Psalms 50:16 מַה־

    To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

  31. Psalms 52:1 מַה־

    Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

  32. Psalms 56:4 מַה־

    In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

  33. Psalms 56:11 מַה־

    in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

  34. Psalms 66:3 מַה־

    Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

  35. Psalms 68:16 לָ֤מָּה׀

    Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.

  36. Psalms 74:1 לָמָ֣ה

    Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

  37. Psalms 74:9 מָֽה׃

    There are no signs for us to see. There is no longer any prophet. And none of us knows how long this will last.

  38. Psalms 74:11 לָ֤מָּה

    Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

  39. Psalms 78:40 כַּ֭מָּה

    How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

  40. Psalms 79:5 מָ֣ה

    How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?

  41. Psalms 79:10 לָ֤מָּה׀

    Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your vengeance for the bloodshed of Your servants.

  42. Psalms 80:12 לָ֭מָּה

    Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

  43. Psalms 84:1 מַה־

    How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

  44. Psalms 85:8 מַה־

    I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

  45. Psalms 88:14 לָמָ֣ה

    Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

  46. Psalms 89:46 מָ֣ה

    How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

  47. Psalms 89:47 מֶה־מַה־

    Remember the briefness of my lifespan! For what futility You have created all men!

  48. Psalms 92:5 מַה־

    How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

  49. Psalms 104:24 מָֽה־

    How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

  50. Psalms 114:5 מַה־

    Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

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