Mah

The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 4100

Original Word	Word Origin
hm	a primitive particle
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
Mah	TWOT - 1149
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
maw

Definition

interr pron

what, how, of what kind
1. (interrogative)
  1. what?
  2. of what kind
  3. what? (rhetorical)
  4. whatsoever, whatever, what
2. (adverb)
  1. how, how now
  2. why
  3. how! (exclamation)
3. (with prep)
  1. wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means?
  2. because of what?
  3. the like of what? 1c
4. how much?, how many?, how often? 1c
5. for how long?
  1. for what reason?, why?, to what purpose?
  2. until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron
anything, aught, what may

NAS Word Usage - Total: 742

anything 2, how 93, how long 2, how many 3, how many* 2, how often 2, how* 1, if* 1, many 1, nothing* 1, reason* 2, what 405, whatever 5, whatever* 2, where 3, where* 1, which 1, which* 3, who 2, why 196, why* 14

NAS Verse Count
Genesis	56
Exodus	30
Leviticus	1
Numbers	27
Deuteronomy	5
Joshua	13
Judges	34
Ruth	2
1 Samuel	55
2 Samuel	42
1 Kings	18
2 Kings	23
1 Chronicles	6
2 Chronicles	17
Ezra	1
Nehemiah	7
Esther	11
Job	50
Psalms	56
Proverbs	13
Ecclesiastes	24
Solomon	8
Isaiah	27
Jeremiah	43
Lamentations	4
Ezekiel	16
Daniel	3
Hosea	5
Joel	3
Amos	4
Jonah	5
Micah	5
Nahum	1
Habakkuk	4
Haggai	2
Zechariah	17
Malachi	11

Total	649

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Mah". "The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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