Definition

properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that

Etymology

or עָבֻר; passive participle of H5674 (עָבַר);

Where the KJV renders it

• because of
• for (...'s sake)
• (intent) that
• to

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