King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

H4069 - Why

Strong's No.:	H4069

Hebrew:	מַדּוּעַ

Transliteration:	maddûwaʻ

Phonetic:	mad-doo'-ah

Word Origin:	From H4100 and the passive participle of H3045

Bible Usage:	{how} {wherefore} why.

Part of Speech:	Adverb

Strongs Definition:	what (is) known ?; that {is} (by {implication}) (adverbially) why?

Brown Driver Biggs Definition:	1. why?, on what account?, wherefore?

Bible References: Why	Ex 1:18 Ex 3:3 Ex 18:14 Josh 17:14 Judg 5:28 Judg 5:28 Judg 9:28 Judg 11:7 Judg 11:26 Ruth 2:10 1 Sam 20:2 1 Sam 21:1 2 Sam 11:10 2 Sam 13:4 2 Sam 18:11 2 Sam 19:41 2 Sam 19:43 1 King 1:6 1 King 1:13 1 King 2:43 2 King 8:12 2 King 12:7 2 Chr 24:6 Neh 2:2 Neh 2:3 Neh 13:11 Neh 13:21 Esth 3:3 Job 3:12 Job 21:4 Job 24:1 Job 33:13 Jer 2:14 Jer 8:5 Jer 8:19 Jer 8:22 Jer 14:19 Jer 26:9 Jer 36:29 Jer 46:15 Jer 49:1 Ezek 18:19 Mal 2:10

Translation Occurrences:	How ( 1 ) Wherefore ( 28 ) Why ( 43 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.