H4101Hebrew (Aramaic)māh
מָה
{properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}
12
Total Occurrences
2
Books
12
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Strong’s Definition
{properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what}
Etymology & Derivation
(Aramaic) corresponding to H4100 (מָה)
KJV Usage
how great (mighty), that which, what(-soever), why.
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.what?, whatever
- 2.what?
- 3.whatever, what?, whatsoever
- 4.how?, why?, wherefore? (with prefixes)
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: mâh; Pronunciation: maw