Lexicon lama: why Original Word: λιμάPart of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word (Indeclinable); Hebrew Transliteration: lama Phonetic Spelling: (lam-ah') Short Definition: why Definition: (Hebrew), why. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin mah with preposition prefix lamed (for, to) Definitionwhy NASB Translationlama (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2982: λαμάλαμά ( R G (on the accent see Tdf. Proleg. 102)) in Matthew 27:46 and λαμμᾶ ( R G) Mark 15:34 (the Hebrew word לָמָּה from Psalm 21:1 ()), why; in the former passage Lachmann reads λῆμα, in the latter λεμα, Tdf. λεμα in both, Tr WH λεμα in Matt. but λαμά in Mark; the form in ἤ or ἐ reproduces the Chaldean לְמָא or לְמָה; on the remarkable diversity of spelling in the manuscripts cf. Tdf. on each passage (WH on Matthew, the passage cited), and Fritzsche on Mark, p. 693. STRONGS NT 2982: λαμμᾶλαμμᾶ, see λαμά. STRONGS NT 2982: λεμα [λεμα, see λαμά.] STRONGS NT 2982: λῆμα [λῆμα., see λαμά.] STRONGS NT 2982: λιμάλιμά, so Tdf. edition 7, for λαμά, which see.
Strong's lama, why Or lamma lam-mah'; of Hebrew origin (mah with prepositional prefix); lama (i.e. Why) -- lama. see HEBREW mah |
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