- Original: מה מ־ מ־ מה מה - Transliteration: Mah - Phonetic: maw - Definition: 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? 1c d. how much?, how many?, how often? 1c e. for how long? 1. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 2. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2. anything, aught, what may - Origin: a primitive particle - TWOT entry: 1149 - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how? why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!) or indefinitely what (including whatever and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational sneses: - how (long oft [-soever]) [no-] thing what (end good purpose thing) whereby (-fore -in -to -with) (for) why. Total KJV Occurrences: 751 • be, 2 Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 10:14 • been, 1 Ecclesiastes 3:15 • end, 1 Amos 5:18 • good, 1 Genesis 27:46 • how, 57 Genesis 27:20; Genesis 28:17; Genesis 38:29; Genesis 44:16; Genesis 47:8; Numbers 23:8(2); Numbers 24:5; Judges 13:12; Judges 21:7; Judges 21:16; 1 Samuel 10:27; 2 Samuel 1:4; 2 Samuel 6:20; 2 Samuel 19:34; Job 6:25; Job 9:2; Job 13:23; Job 22:13; Job 25:4(2); Job 26:2; Job 26:3; Job 26:14; Psalm 3:1; Psalm 8:1; Psalm 8:9; Psalm 21:1; Psalm 31:19; Psalm 36:7; Psalm 39:4; Psalm 66:3; Psalm 84:1; Psalm 89:47; Psalm 92:5; Psalm 104:24; Psalm 119:97; Psalm 119:103; Psalm 133:1(2); Psalm 139:17(2); Proverbs 15:23; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 30:13; Song of Songs 4:10(2); Song of Songs 7:1; Song of Songs 7:6(2); Isaiah 52:7; Jeremiah 22:23; Ezekiel 16:30; Joel 1:18; Haggai 2:3; Zechariah 9:17(2) • howsoever, 2 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:23 • is, 1 Ecclesiastes 7:24 • long, 7 1 Samuel 16:1; Job 7:19; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 35:17; Psalm 74:9; Psalm 79:5; Psalm 89:46 • many, 4 1 Kings 22:16; 2 Chronicles 18:15; Psalm 119:84; Zechariah 7:3 • much, 1 Proverbs 16:16 • nor, 1 Song of Songs 8:4 • nothing, 1 Proverbs 9:13 • oft, 2 Job 21:17; Psalm 78:40 • profit, 1 Genesis 25:32 • that, 7 Exodus 4:2; Ezra 6:9; Ecclesiastes 1:9; Ecclesiastes 6:10; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Song of Songs 5:8; Song of Songs 8:4 • thing, 3 Ecclesiastes 1:9; Lamentations 2:13(2) • until, 1 Numbers 24:22 • what, 404 Genesis 2:19; Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:10; Genesis 12:18; Genesis 15:2; Genesis 20:9(2); Genesis 20:10; Genesis 21:17; Genesis 21:29; Genesis 23:15; Genesis 26:10; Genesis 27:37; Genesis 29:15; Genesis 29:25; Genesis 30:31; Genesis 31:26; Genesis 31:32; Genesis 31:36(2); Genesis 31:37; Genesis 31:43; Genesis 32:27; Genesis 33:15; Genesis 37:10; Genesis 37:15; Genesis 37:20; Genesis 37:26; Genesis 38:16; Genesis 38:18; Genesis 39:8; Genesis 42:28; Genesis 44:15; Genesis 44:16(2); Genesis 46:33; Genesis 47:3; Exodus 2:4; Exodus 3:13(2); Exodus 10:26; Exodus 12:26; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 15:24; Exodus 16:7; Exodus 16:8; Exodus 16:15; Exodus 17:4; Exodus 18:14; Exodus 32:1; Exodus 32:21; Exodus 32:23; Exodus 33:5; Leviticus 25:20; Numbers 9:8; Numbers 13:18; Numbers 13:19(2); Numbers 13:20; Numbers 15:34; Numbers 16:11; Numbers 22:19; Numbers 22:28; Numbers 23:11; Numbers 23:17; Numbers 23:23; Deuteronomy 6:20; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 29:24; Deuteronomy 32:20; Joshua 4:6; Joshua 4:21; Joshua 5:14; Joshua 7:8; Joshua 7:9; Joshua 7:19; Joshua 15:18; Joshua 22:16; Joshua 22:24; Judges 1:14; Judges 7:11; Judges 8:2; Judges 8:3; Judges 9:48; Judges 11:12; Judges 13:8; Judges 14:18(2); Judges 15:11; Judges 16:5; Judges 18:3(2); Judges 18:8; Judges 18:14; Judges 18:18; Judges 18:23; Judges 18:24(3); Judges 20:12; 1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 4:6; 1 Samuel 4:14; 1 Samuel 4:16; 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 Samuel 6:2; 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 9:7(2); 1 Samuel 10:2; 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 10:15; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 13:11; 1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 15:14; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:29; 1 Samuel 19:3; 1 Samuel 20:1(3); 1 Samuel 20:10; 1 Samuel 20:32; 1 Samuel 21:3; 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Samuel 25:17; 1 Samuel 26:18(2); 1 Samuel 28:13; 1 Samuel 28:14; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 29:3; 1 Samuel 29:8(2); 2 Samuel 3:24; 2 Samuel 7:20; 2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 12:21; 2 Samuel 14:5; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 16:20; 2 Samuel 17:5; 2 Samuel 18:29; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 19:28; 2 Samuel 21:3; 2 Samuel 21:4; 2 Samuel 24:13; 2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Kings 1:16; 1 Kings 3:5; 1 Kings 9:13; 1 Kings 11:22; 1 Kings 12:9; 1 Kings 12:16; 1 Kings 14:3; 1 Kings 14:14; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 18:9; 1 Kings 19:9; 1 Kings 19:13; 1 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 1:7; 2 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Kings 4:2(2); 2 Kings 4:13; 2 Kings 4:14; 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Kings 6:28; 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 8:13; 2 Kings 8:14; 2 Kings 9:18; 2 Kings 9:19; 2 Kings 9:22; 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 17:18; 1 Chronicles 21:12; 1 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 1:7; 2 Chronicles 10:9; 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Chronicles 19:6; 2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Chronicles 25:9; 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 13:17; Esther 1:15; Esther 2:11; Esther 4:5; Esther 5:3(2); Esther 5:6(2); Esther 6:3; Esther 6:6; Esther 7:2(2); Esther 8:1; Esther 9:12(3); Job 6:11(2); Job 6:25; Job 7:17; Job 7:20; Job 9:12; Job 11:8(2); Job 13:13; Job 15:9; Job 15:12; Job 15:14; Job 16:3; Job 16:6; Job 21:15(2); Job 21:21; Job 22:17; Job 23:5; Job 27:8; Job 31:2; Job 31:14(2); Job 34:4; Job 34:33; Job 35:3(2); Job 35:6(2); Job 35:7(2); Job 37:19; Job 40:4; Psalm 8:4; Psalm 11:3; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 39:4; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 50:16; Psalm 56:4; Psalm 56:11; Psalm 85:8; Psalm 114:5; Psalm 116:12; Psalm 118:6; Psalm 120:3(2); Psalm 144:3; Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 25:8; Proverbs 27:1; Proverbs 30:4(2); Proverbs 31:2(3); Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:2; Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 2:22; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 5:11; Ecclesiastes 5:16; Ecclesiastes 6:8(2); Ecclesiastes 6:11; Ecclesiastes 6:12(2); Ecclesiastes 7:10; Ecclesiastes 8:4; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Ecclesiastes 11:5; Song of Songs 5:9(2); Song of Songs 6:13; Song of Songs 8:8; Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 5:4; Isaiah 10:3; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 19:12; Isaiah 21:11(2); Isaiah 22:1; Isaiah 22:16; Isaiah 36:4; Isaiah 38:15; Isaiah 38:22; Isaiah 39:3; Isaiah 39:4; Isaiah 40:6; Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 45:10(2); Isaiah 52:5; Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:13; Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 2:18(2); Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 4:30; Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 5:31;