Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4069

מַדּוּעַ

mad.du.a · “why?”

Used 72 times across 19 books

Definition

why?, on what account?, wherefore?

Where it appears

Genesis

2

Exodus

5

Leviticus

1

Numbers

2

Joshua

1

Judges

6

Ruth

1

1 Samuel

3

2 Samuel

10

1 Kings

4

2 Kings

4

2 Chronicles

1

Nehemiah

4

Esther

1

Job

6

Isaiah

3

Jeremiah

16

Ezekiel

1

Malachi

1

In the text

Genesis 26:27And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?Genesis 40:7And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?Exodus 1:18And 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?Exodus 2:18And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day?Exodus 3:3And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.Exodus 5:14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?Exodus 18:14And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?Leviticus 10:17Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?Numbers 12:8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?Numbers 16:3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the Lord?

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