Strong's Dictionary Number: [4100]
4100
1 Original Word: מָה
2 Word Origin: a primitive particle
3 Transliterated Word: mah
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 1149
5 Phonetic Spelling: maw
6 Part of Speech:
7 Strong's Definition: or mah {mah}; or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh}; 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.
8 Definition: interr pron - what, how, of what kind
- (interrogative)
- what?
- of what kind
- what? (rhetorical)
- whatsoever, whatever, what
- (adverb)
- how, how now
- why
- how! (exclamation)
- (with prep)
- wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
- because of what?
- the like of what? 1c
- how much?, how many?, how often? 1c
- for how long?
- for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
- until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron
- anything, aught, what may
9 English:
0 Usage: how(-soever) (long, oft), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why
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