Occurrences
Maddûwaʻ occurs 72 times in 71 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (5), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Joshua (1), Judges (5), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (4), Esther (1), Job (6), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (16), Ezekiel (1), Malachi (1)
- Genesis 26:27 — And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore (מַדּ֖וּעַ) come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
- Genesis 40:7 — And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore (מַדּ֛וּעַ) look ye so sadly to day?
- Exodus 1:18 — And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why (מַדּ֥וּעַ) have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
- Exodus 2:18 — And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How (מַדּ֛וּעַ) is it that ye are come so soon to day?
- Exodus 3:3 — And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why (מַדּ֖וּעַ) the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 5:14 — And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore (מַדּ֡וּעַ) have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
- Exodus 18:14 — And 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 (מַדּ֗וּעַ) sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
- Leviticus 10:17 — Wherefore (מַדּ֗וּעַ) 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 — 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 (וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙) then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
- 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, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore (וּמַדּ֥וּעַ) then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
- Joshua 17:14 — And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why (מַדּוּעַ֩) 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 — The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why (מַדּ֗וּעַ) is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
- Judges 5:28 — The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why (מַדּ֣וּעַ) tarry the wheels of his chariots?
- Judges 9:28 — And 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 (וּמַדּ֖וּעַ) should we serve him?
- Judges 11:7 — And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why (וּמַדּ֜וּעַ) are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
- Judges 11:26 — While 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 (וּמַדּ֥וּעַ) therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
- Judges 12:1 — And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore (מַדּ֣וּעַ) 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 — Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why (מַדּוּעַ֩) have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
- 1 Samuel 20:2 — And 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 (וּמַדּוּעַ֩) should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
- 1 Samuel 20:27 — And 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 (מַדּ֜וּעַ) cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
- 1 Samuel 21:1 — Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why (מַדּ֤וּעַ) art thou alone, and no man with thee?
- 2 Samuel 3:7 — And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore (מַדּ֥וּעַ) hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
- 2 Samuel 11:10 — And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why (מַדּ֖וּעַ) then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
- 2 Samuel 11:20 — And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore (מַדּ֛וּעַ) 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 — Wherefore (מַדּ֜וּעַ) 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 — And he said unto him, Why (מַדּ֣וּעַ) 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 — And 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 (מַדּ֖וּעַ) hast thou done so?
- 2 Samuel 18:11 — And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why (וּמַדּ֛וּעַ) 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 — And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why (מַדּוּעַ֩) 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 — And 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 (וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙) 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 — And Araunah said, Wherefore (מַדּ֛וּעַ) 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 — And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why (מַדּ֖וּעַ) hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
- 1 Kings 1:13 — Go 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 (וּמַדּ֖וּעַ) then doth Adonijah reign?
- 1 Kings 1:41 — And 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 (מַדּ֥וּעַ) is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
- 1 Kings 2:43 — Why (וּמַדּ֕וּעַ) then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- 2 Kings 4:23 — And he said, Wherefore (מַ֠דּוּעַ) 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 — And Hazael said, Why (מַדּ֖וּעַ) 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 — Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore (מַדּ֛וּעַ) came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
- 2 Kings 12:7 — Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why (מַדּ֛וּעַ) 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 — And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why (מַדּ֙וּעַ֙) 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 — Wherefore the king said unto me, Why (מַדּ֣וּעַ) 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 — And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why (מַדּ֜וּעַ) 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 — Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why (מַדּ֖וּעַ) is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
- Nehemiah 13:21 — Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why (מַדּ֜וּעַ) 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 — Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why (מַדּ֙וּעַ֙) transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
- Job 3:12 — Why (מַ֭דּוּעַ) did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
- Job 18:3 — Wherefore (מַ֭דּוּעַ) are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
- Job 21:4 — As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why (מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ) should not my spirit be troubled?
- Job 21:7 — Wherefore (מַדּ֣וּעַ) do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
- Job 24:1 — Why (מַדּ֗וּעַ), seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?