מַדּוּעַ
maddûwaʻ · mad-doo'-ah
what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַדֻּעַ; from H4100 (מָה) and the passive participle of H3045 (יָדַע);
what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?
- what (is) known?
- i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: how, wherefore, why.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › to see and know
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַדּוּעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
72 occurrences · 72 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unto them, wherefore1 · 17%
- unto them, why1 · 17%
- how1 · 17%
- why1 · 17%
- in it? wherefore1 · 17%
- slave? why1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.