Definition

a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows)

Etymology

probably from G142 (αἴρω) (through the idea of drawing a conclusion);

Where the KJV renders it

• haply
• (what) manner (of man)
• no doubt
• perhaps
• so be
• then
• therefore
• truly
• wherefore

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek 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.

What the first audience heard

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