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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 Box Gen 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - “Why have you come here?” Isaac asked. “You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - “Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. “Why have you done this?” he demanded. “Why have you allowed the boys to live?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - “This is amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must go see it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Then they whipped the Israelite foremen they had put in charge of the work crews. “Why haven’t you met your quotas either yesterday or today?” they demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:17 - “Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sacred area?” he demanded. “It is a holy offering! The LORD has given it to you to remove the guilt of the community and to purify the people, making them right with the LORD.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - I speak to him face to face,
clearly, and not in riddles!
He sees the LORD as he is.
So why were you not afraid
to criticize my servant Moses?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:3 - They united against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by the LORD, and he is with all of us. What right do you have to act as though you are greater than the rest of the LORD’s people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:14 - The descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and asked, “Why have you given us only one portion of land as our homeland when the LORD has blessed us with so many people?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “From the window Sisera’s mother looked out.
Through the window she watched for his return, saying,
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why don’t we hear the sound of chariot wheels?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - “Who is Abimelech?” Gaal shouted. “He’s not a true son of Shechem,[fn] so why should we be his servants? He’s merely the son of Gideon, and this Zebul is merely his deputy. Serve the true sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - But Jephthah said to them, “Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Why do you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - “Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 - Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent this message to Jephthah: “Why didn’t you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? We are going to burn down your house with you in it!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Ruth fell at his feet and thanked him warmly. “What have I done to deserve such kindness?” she asked. “I am only a foreigner.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - “That’s not true!” Jonathan protested. “You’re not going to die. He always tells me everything he’s going to do, even the little things. I know my father wouldn’t hide something like this from me. It just isn’t so!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But when David’s place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse been here for the meal either yesterday or today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:1 - [fn]David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - One day Ishbosheth,[fn] Saul’s son, accused Abner of sleeping with one of his father’s concubines, a woman named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:10 - When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What’s the matter? Why didn’t you go home last night after being away for so long?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - But he might get angry and ask, ‘Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn’t they know there would be shooting from the walls?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?”
So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - “No!” the king said. “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah! If the LORD has told him to curse me, who are you to stop him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:11 - “What?” Joab demanded. “You saw him there and didn’t kill him? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver[fn] and a hero’s belt!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - But all the men of Israel complained to the king, “The men of Judah stole the king and didn’t give us the honor of helping take you, your household, and all your men across the Jordan.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - “But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren’t we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - Now his father, King David, had never disciplined him at any time, even by asking, “Why are you doing that?” Adonijah had been born next after Absalom, and he was very handsome.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, didn’t you make a vow and say to me, “Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:41 - Adonijah and his guests heard the celebrating and shouting just as they were finishing their banquet. When Joab heard the sound of the ram’s horn, he asked, “What’s going on? Why is the city in such an uproar?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - Then why haven’t you kept your oath to the LORD and obeyed my command?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.”
But she said, “It will be all right.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him.
Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven’t you repaired the Temple? Don’t use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven’t you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the Temple taxes from the towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? Moses, the servant of the LORD, levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to maintain the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - So the king asked me, “Why are you looking so sad? You don’t look sick to me. You must be deeply troubled.”
Then I was terrified,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:3 - but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God been neglected?” Then I called all the Levites back again and restored them to their proper duties.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you!” And that was the last time they came on the Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the palace officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why was I laid on my mother’s lap?
Why did she nurse me at her breasts?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - Do you think we are mere animals?
Do you think we are stupid?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:4 - “My complaint is with God, not with people.
I have good reason to be so impatient.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:7 - “Why do the wicked prosper,
growing old and powerful?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:1 - “Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment?
Why must the godly wait for him in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:13 - So why are you bringing a charge against him?
Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?

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