H4069 · מַדּוּעַ
maddûwaʻ · mad-doo'-ah · why, how
H4069 (maddûwaʻ, pronounced mad-doo'-ah) is the Hebrew word מַדּוּעַ in Strong’s dictionary: what (is) known?. It appears 72 times in 71 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מַדּוּעַ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- maddûwaʻ
- Pronunciation
- mad-doo'-ah
- Derivation
- or מַדֻּעַ; from H4100 (מָה) and the passive participle of H3045 (יָדַע);
- Definition
- what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?
- Rendered in the KJV
- how, wherefore, why.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
72 occurrences in 71 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “Why” ×51
- “Why then” ×7
- “So why” ×2
- “Why is” ×2
- “Amnon, “Why” ×1
- “How” ×1
- “Then why” ×1
- “What” ×1
By book
Genesis 2 · Exodus 5 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 2 · Joshua 1 · Judges 5 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 3 · 2 Samuel 10 · 1 Kings 4 · 2 Kings 4 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Nehemiah 4 · Esther 1 · Job 6 · Isaiah 3 · Jeremiah 16 · Ezekiel 1 · Malachi 1
First 30 of 71 verses
- Genesis 26:27
- Genesis 40:7
- Exodus 1:18
- Exodus 2:18
- Exodus 3:3
- Exodus 5:14
- Exodus 18:14
- Leviticus 10:17
- Numbers 12:8
- Numbers 16:3
- Joshua 17:14
- Judges 5:28
- Judges 9:28
- Judges 11:7
- Judges 11:26
- Judges 12:1
- Ruth 2:10
- 1 Samuel 20:2
- 1 Samuel 20:27
- 1 Samuel 21:1
- 2 Samuel 3:7
- 2 Samuel 11:10
- 2 Samuel 11:20
- 2 Samuel 12:9
- 2 Samuel 13:4
- 2 Samuel 16:10
- 2 Samuel 18:11
- 2 Samuel 19:41
- 2 Samuel 19:43
- 2 Samuel 24:21
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4069.