Strong's Hebrew · H4100

H4100 mâh

מָה

maw

how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Looking for Greek G4100 pisteúō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4100. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

When mâh is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

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

Derivation

or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;

Appears 751 times in Scripture

Genesis 4:10

““What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.”

Genesis 15:2

“But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?””

Genesis 15:8

“But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?””

Genesis 2:19

“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.”

Genesis 20:9

“Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.””

Exodus 2:20

““So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.””

Genesis 3:13

“Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.””

Genesis 18:13

“And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’”

Genesis 4:6

““Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen?”

When mâh is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what mâh means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Genesis 4:10 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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