Why
Bible Usage:
- Why used 282 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 4:6
- Last Reference: Colossians 2:20
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3282 Used 1 time
- H4069 Used 43 times
- H4100 Used 122 times
- H4101 Used 2 times
- H5921 Used 2 times
- H5922 Used 1 time
- H7945 Used 1 time
- H834 Used 1 time
- G1063 Used 4 times
- G1302 Used 23 times
- G2444 Used 5 times
- G3754 Used 1 time
- G5101 Used 68 times
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Why
WHY, adverb [Latin , for what. The original phrase is for what, for why ]
1. For what cause or reason, interrogatively.
Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die? Jeremiah 27:13.
2. For which reason or cause, relatively.
No ground of enmity, why he should mean me ill.
3. For what reason or cause; for which; relatively.
Turn the discourse; I have a reason why I would not have you speak so tenderly.
4. It is used sometimes emphatically, or rather as a expletive.
If her chill heart I cannot move, why Ill enjoy the very love.
Bible Usage:
- Why used 282 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 4:6
- Last Reference: Colossians 2:20
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H3282 Used 1 time
- H4069 Used 43 times
- H4100 Used 122 times
- H4101 Used 2 times
- H5921 Used 2 times
- H5922 Used 1 time
- H7945 Used 1 time
- H834 Used 1 time
- G1063 Used 4 times
- G1302 Used 23 times
- G2444 Used 5 times
- G3754 Used 1 time
- G5101 Used 68 times