why?, on what account?, wherefore?
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H4069 — מַדּוּעַ
mad.du.a · why? · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 26:27 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?Genesis 40:7 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd 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 1:18 · מַדּ֥וּעַAnd 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 2:18 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day?Exodus 3:3 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.Exodus 5:14 · מַדּ֡וּעַAnd 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 18:14 · מַדּ֗וּעַAnd 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 10:17 · מַדּ֗וּעַWherefore 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 12:8 · וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙With 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 16:3 · וּמַדּ֥וּעַAnd 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?Joshua 17:14 · מַדּוּעַ֩And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?Judges 5:28 · מַדּ֗וּעַ · מַדּ֣וּעַThe mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot [so] long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?Judges 9:28 · וּמַדּ֖וּעַAnd Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?Judges 11:7 · וּמַדּ֜וּעַAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?Judges 11:26 · וּמַדּ֥וּעַWhile Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover [them] within that time?Judges 12:1 · מַדּ֣וּעַ׀And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.Ruth 2:10 · מַדּוּעַ֩Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?1 Samuel 20:2 · וּמַדּוּעַ֩And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it [is] not [so].1 Samuel 20:27 · מַדּ֜וּעַAnd it came to pass on the morrow, [which was] the second [day] of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?1 Samuel 21:1 · מַדּ֤וּעַThen came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why [art] thou alone, and no man with thee?2 Samuel 3:7 · מַדּ֥וּעַAnd Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?2 Samuel 11:10 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from [thy] journey? why [then] didst thou not go down unto thine house?2 Samuel 11:20 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?2 Samuel 12:9 · מַדּ֜וּעַWherefore 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 [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.2 Samuel 13:4 · מַדּ֣וּעַAnd he said unto him, Why [art] thou, [being] the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.2 Samuel 16:10 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?2 Samuel 18:11 · וּמַדּ֛וּעַAnd Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle.2 Samuel 19:41 · מַדּוּעַ֩And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s men with him, over Jordan?2 Samuel 19:43 · וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.2 Samuel 24:21 · מַדּ֛וּעַAnd Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.1 Kings 1:6 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also [was a] very goodly [man]; and [his mother] bare him after Absalom.1 Kings 1:13 · וּמַדּ֖וּעַGo and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?1 Kings 1:41 · מַדּ֥וּעַAnd Adonijah and all the guests that [were] with him heard [it] as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore [is this] noise of the city being in an uproar?1 Kings 2:43 · וּמַדּ֕וּעַWhy then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?2 Kings 4:23 · מַ֠דּוּעַAnd he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? [it is] neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, [It shall be] well.2 Kings 8:12 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd 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 on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.2 Kings 9:11 · מַדּ֛וּעַThen Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and [one] said unto him, [Is] all well? wherefore came this mad [fellow] to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.2 Kings 12:7 · מַדּ֛וּעַThen king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the [other] priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no [more] money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.2 Chronicles 24:6 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?Nehemiah 2:2 · מַדּ֣וּעַ׀Wherefore the king said unto me, Why [is] thy countenance sad, seeing thou [art] not sick? this [is] nothing [else] but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,Nehemiah 2:3 · מַדּ֜וּעַAnd said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?Nehemiah 13:11 · מַדּ֖וּעַThen contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.Nehemiah 13:21 · מַדּ֜וּעַThen I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do [so] again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no [more] on the sabbath.Esther 3:3 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙Then the king’s servants, which [were] in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?Job 3:12 · מַ֭דּוּעַWhy did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?Job 18:3 · מַ֭דּוּעַWherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?Job 21:4 · מַ֝דּ֗וּעַAs for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?Job 21:7 · מַדּ֣וּעַWherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?Job 24:1 · מַדּ֗וּעַWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?Job 33:13 · מַ֭דּוּעַWhy dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.Isaiah 5:4 · מַדּ֧וּעַWhat 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?Isaiah 50:2 · מַדּ֨וּעַWherefore, 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 deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.Isaiah 63:2 · מַדּ֥וּעַWherefore [art thou] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?Jeremiah 2:14 · מַדּ֖וּעַ[Is] Israel a servant? [is] he a homeborn [slave]? why is he spoiled?Jeremiah 2:31 · מַדּ֜וּעַO 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 more unto thee?Jeremiah 8:5 · מַדּ֨וּעַWhy [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.Jeremiah 8:19 · מַדּ֗וּעַBehold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with strange vanities?Jeremiah 8:22 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙[Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?Jeremiah 12:1 · מַדּ֗וּעַRighteous [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 they happy that deal very treacherously?Jeremiah 13:22 · מַדּ֖וּעַAnd 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 · מַדּ֙וּעַ֙Hast 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 good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Jeremiah 22:28 · מַדּ֤וּעַ[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?Jeremiah 26:9 · מַדּוּעַ֩Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 30:6 · מַדּוּעַ֩Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?Jeremiah 32:3 · מַדּוּעַ֩For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;Jeremiah 36:29 · מַדּוּעַ֩And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?Jeremiah 46:5 · מַדּ֣וּעַWherefore have I seen them dismayed [and] turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: [for] fear [was] round about, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 46:15 · מַדּ֖וּעַWhy are thy valiant [men] swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.Jeremiah 49:1 · מַדּ֗וּעַConcerning 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 · מַדּ֗וּעַHave 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?