- Original: מדּע מדּוּע - Transliteration: Madduwa` - Phonetic: mad-doo'-ah - Definition: 1. why?, on what account?, wherefore? - Origin: from H4100 and the pass. participle of H3045 - TWOT entry: 848h - Part(s) of speech: Adverb - Strong's: From H4100 and the passive participle of H3045 ; what (is) known?; that is (by implication) (adverbially) why?: - how wherefore why. Total KJV Occurrences: 72 • How, 1 Exodus 2:18 • wherefore, 28 Genesis 26:27; Genesis 40:7; Exodus 5:14; Leviticus 10:17; Numbers 12:8; Numbers 16:3; Judges 12:1; 1 Samuel 20:27; 2 Samuel 3:7; 2 Samuel 11:20; 2 Samuel 12:9; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 24:21; 1 Kings 1:41; 2 Kings 4:23; 2 Kings 9:11; Job 18:3; Job 21:7; Isaiah 5:4; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 63:2; Jeremiah 2:31; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 30:6; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 46:5 • why, 43 Exodus 1:18; Exodus 3:3; Exodus 18:14; Joshua 17:14; Judges 5:28(2); Judges 9:28; Judges 11:7; Judges 11:26; Ruth 2:10; 1 Samuel 20:2; 1 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 11:10; 2 Samuel 13:4; 2 Samuel 18:11; 2 Samuel 19:41; 2 Samuel 19:43; 1 Kings 1:6; 1 Kings 1:13; 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 8:12; 2 Kings 12:7; 2 Chronicles 24:6; Nehemiah 2:2; Nehemiah 2:3; Nehemiah 13:11; Nehemiah 13:21; Esther 3:3; Job 3:12; Job 21:4; Job 24:1; Job 33:13; Jeremiah 2:14; Jeremiah 8:5; Jeremiah 8:19; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 14:19; Jeremiah 26:9; Jeremiah 36:29; Jeremiah 46:15; Jeremiah 49:1; Ezekiel 18:19; Malachi 2:10