Definition

compare G3588 (ὁ)); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)

Etymology

probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (ἑαυτοῦ) (through the demonstrative idea;

Where the KJV renders it

• albeit
• because
• to the intent (that)
• lest
• so as
• (so) that
• (for) to

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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