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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.
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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

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

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