Definition

(adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly

Etymology

apparently a primary word;

Where the KJV renders it

• and (so
• truly)
• but
• now (then)
• so (likewise then)
• then
• therefore
• verily
• 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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