Definition

what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?

Etymology

or מַדֻּעַ; from H4100 (מָה) and the passive participle of H3045 (יָדַע);

Word family

• מָה mâh
• יָדַע yâdaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• how
• wherefore
• why

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.