מַדּוּעַ maddua
Hebrew word for “why?” · Strong’s H4069 · used 72 times in 71 verses
Meaning
why?, on what account?, wherefore?
How it is translated
Glosses given for maddua in context, with how often each is used:
- why? 72
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 16 | 0.7 | |
| 2 Samuel | 10 | 0.9 | |
| Judges | 6 | 0.6 | |
| Job | 6 | 0.7 | |
| Exodus | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Nehemiah | 4 | 0.8 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 2 | 0.1 |
Also in 7 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 1 (3), Jeremiah 8 (3), Judges 11 (2), 1 Samuel 20 (2), 2 Samuel 11 (2), 2 Samuel 19 (2), Nehemiah 2 (2), Nehemiah 13 (2), Job 21 (2), Jeremiah 2 (2)
Forms
- מדוע 61
- ומדוע 10
- מדע 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maddua more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 16
- אִם im “if” 13
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 11
- זֶה zeh “this” 9
- אָב av “father” 9
- אֵת et “with” 8
- דָּוִד david “David” 8
- אָדוֹן adon “lord” 5
- קָרָא qara “to call” 6
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 6
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 6
- דָּבָר davar “word” 7
Key verses
The verses using maddua that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 12:8 — With 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…
- Numbers 16:3 — And 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,…
- 2 Samuel 12:9 — Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife…
- 2 Kings 8:12 — And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set…
- Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
- Jeremiah 2:31 — O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no…
- Jeremiah 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
- Jeremiah 13:22 — And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.
- Jeremiah 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no…
- Jeremiah 49:1 — Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
- Malachi 2:10 — Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
See all 71 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.