King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2982
Transliteration: lima
Phonetic Spelling: (lam-ah')
Part of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word (Indeclinable); Hebrew
Short Definition: why
Meaning: why
λαμά (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.
Word Summary
lima: why
Original Word: λιμάTransliteration: lima
Phonetic Spelling: (lam-ah')
Part of Speech: Aramaic Transliterated Word (Indeclinable); Hebrew
Short Definition: why
Meaning: why
Strong's Concordance
lama, whyOr lamma lam-mah'; of Hebrew origin (mah with prepositional prefix); lama (i.e. Why) -- lama.
see HEBREW mah
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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
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.