Strong's Lexicon

H4069

H4069 — מַדּוַּע מַדּוַּע

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewmadduwaadverbOccurrences: 72TWOT: 848h

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4069
Word:	מַדּוַּע מַדּוַּע
Part of Speech:	adverb
Etymology:	from H4100 and the passive participle of H3045
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	72
Transliteration:	madduwa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	` (mad-doo'-ah) (or madduaa {mad-doo'-ah}) adv.
Meaning:	1. what (is) known? 2. (by implication, adverbially) why?
KJV Renderings:	how, wherefore, why.

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BDB3467

מַדּוּעַ₆₁ and :(Exod 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 ? Gen 26:27 מַדּוּעַ בָּאתֶם אֵלָ֑י, Gen 40:7; Exod 1:18; Exod 2:18; Exod 3:8 (in an indirect question), Exod 5:14; Exod 18:14; Lev 10:17; Josh 17:14 (all in Hexateuch), Judg 5:28 (twice in verse); 2Sam 3:7; 2Sam 11:10 etc., Isa 5:4; Isa 50:2; Isa 63:2 (all in Isaiah); in Jer 16 t., oft, rhetorically, after a double question introduced by הֲאִ֗֗֗ם, expressing affected surprise: Jer 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), Jer 2:31; Jer 8:5; Jer 8:19; Jer 8:22; Jer 14:19; Jer 22:28; Jer 49:1, compare Jer 30:6; Job 3:12; Job 18:8 (never in Psalms).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מדוע (mad-doo’)

Genesis 26:27

KJV: And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

EHCC: Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come *

Exodus 1:18

KJV: And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

EHCC: Why have ye done this thing, -.

Exodus 2:18

KJV: And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?Reuel: called also Jethro, or, Jether

EHCC: How (is itthat) ye ere מוס punk

Exodus 3:3

KJV: And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

EHCC: this great sight, why the bush is וום

Isaiah 5:4

KJV: What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

EHCC: wherefore.bronght it forth wild לקד

Jeremiah 2:14

KJV: Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?

EHCC: why abe ol 2

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