Why?
λαμάStrong’s G2982lama
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Lama is the Greek word usually translated “lema”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Meaning
Usually translated “lema”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- lema 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
λαμά lama · why?
λαμά (Heb. מָה, seel. λεμά = Aram. לְמָא) why: Mat.27:46 (WH, mg., λεμά TTr., WH, txt., λεμά L), Mrk.15:34 (λεμά LT, λαμμᾶ, Rec.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “why” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHY, adverb
[Latin, for what. The original phrase is for what, for why ]
- For what cause or reason, interrogatively.“Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die?” Jeremiah 2:24
- For which reason or cause, relatively.
- For what reason or cause; for which; relatively.
- It is used sometimes emphatically, or rather as a expletive.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.