Definition

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

Etymology

a primary particle;

Where the KJV renders it

• and
• as
• because (that)
• but
• even
• for
• indeed
• no doubt
• seeing
• then
• therefore
• verily
• what
• why
• yet

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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