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Lexicon :: Strong's H4069 - madûaʿ

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מַדּוּעַ
Transliteration
madûaʿ
Pronunciation
mad-doo'-ah
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָה (H4100) and the pass. participle of יָדַע (H3045)
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TWOT Reference: 848h

Strong’s Definitions

מַדּוּעַ maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah; or מַדֻּעַ madduaʻ; from H4100 and the passive participle of H3045; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?:—how, wherefore, why.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4069 in the following manner: wherefore, why, how.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4069 in the following manner: wherefore, why, how.

  1. why?, on what account?, wherefore?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַדּוּעַ maddûwaʻ, mad-doo'-ah; or מַדֻּעַ madduaʻ; from H4100 and the passive participle of H3045; what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?:—how, wherefore, why.
STRONGS H4069: Abbreviations
מַדּוּעַ 61 and (Exodus 18:19) מַדֻּעַ adverb wherefore? (probably contracted from מַהיָּֿדוּעַ what being known ? i.e. from what motive? so Ges Ew§325 c Ol§223 f, compare in Greek τί μαθών;) — wherefore? on what account ? Genesis 26:27 מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, Genesis 40:7; Exodus 1:18; 2:18; 3:8 (in an indirect question), Exodus 5:14; 18:14; Leviticus 10:17; Joshua 17:14 (all in Hexateuch), Judges 5:28 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 3:7; 11:10 etc., Isaiah 5:4; 50:2; 63:2 (all in Isaiah); in Jeremiah 16 times, oft, rhetorically, after a double question introduced by אִם֗֗֗הֲ, expressing affected surprise: † Jeremiah 2:14 (see Gf) is Israel a slave (unable to defend himself)? wherefore, then, is he become a prey? (some other cause must therefore be found for Israel's misfortune), Jeremiah 2:31; 8:5, 19, 22; 14:19; 22:28; 49:1, compare Jeremiah 30:6; Job 3:12; Job 18:8 (never in Psalms).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

26:27; 40:7

Exodus

1:18; 2:18; 3:8; 5:14; 18:14; 18:19

Leviticus

10:17

Joshua

17:14

Judges

5:28

2 Samuel

3:7; 11:10

Job

3:12; 18:8

Isaiah

5:4; 50:2; 63:2

Jeremiah

2:14; 2:31; 8:5; 8:19; 8:22; 14:19; 22:28; 30:6; 49:1

H4069

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4069 matches the Hebrew מַדּוּעַ (madûaʿ),
which occurs 72 times in 71 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 26:27–Job 33:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have ye come to me? whereas ye hated me, and sent me away from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad to-day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have ye come so quickly to-day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - And Moses said, I will go near and see this great sight, why the bush is not consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, [[fn]and questioned,] men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brick-work as yesterday and the third day, to-day also?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - And Jothor having seen all that Moses [fn]did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:17 - Why did ye not eat the sin-offering in the holy place? for because it is most holy he has given you this to eat, that ye might take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, Let it be enough for you that all the congregation are holy, and the Lord is among them; and why do ye set up yourselves against the congregation of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the loophole, saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the [fn]wheels of his chariots tarry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and is not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, Did ye not hate me, and cast me out of my father's house, and banish me from you? and wherefore are ye come to me now when ye want me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - when Israel dwelt in Esebon and in its coasts, and in the land of Aroer and in its coasts, and in all the cities by Jordan, three hundred years? and wherefore didst thou not [fn]recover them in that time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - And the men of Ephraim [fn]assembled themselves, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small [fn]without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? this thing is not so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jessæ attended both yesterday and to-day at the table?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - (LXX 21:2) And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and nobody with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - And Saul had a concubine, Respha, the daughter of Jol; and Jebosthe the son of Saul said to Abenner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Art thou not come from a journey? why hast thou not gone down to thy house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to thee, Why did ye draw nigh to the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from off the wall?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, What ails thee that thou art thus weak, O son of the king, morning by morning? [fn]wilt thou not tell me? and Amnon said, I love Themar the sister of my brother Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - (LXX 19:42) And behold, [fn]all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - (LXX 19:44) And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten [fn]parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be restrained from off the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done thus? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Abessalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Haste, and go in to king David, and thou shalt speak to him, saying, Hast not thou, my lord, O king, sworn to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - And Adonias and all his guests heard, and they had just left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What means the voice of the city in tumult?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded [fn]thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - And he said, Why art thou going to him to-day? It is neither new moon, nor the sabbath. And she said, [fn]It is well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt [fn]utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, Is [fn]all well? Why came this mad fellow in to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - (LXX 12:8) And king Joas called Jodae the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the [fn]breaches of the house? now then receive no more money from your sales, for ye shall give it to repair the breaches of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - And I strove with the commanders, and said, Wherefore has the house of God been abandoned? and I assembled them, and set them in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - And they in the king's palace said to Mardochæus, Mardochæus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - And why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7 - Wherefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - But thou sayest, Why has he not heard every word of my cause?

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