Hebrew word study
מָה H4100
- Transliteration
- mâh
- Pronunciation
- maw
- KJV glosses
- how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
Lexical summary
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
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
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
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information