Definition

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

Etymology

a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Where the KJV renders it

• and
• + (forasmuch
• inasmuch
• where-) as
• assured(-ly)
• + but
• certainly
• doubtless
• + else
• even
• + except
• for
• how
• (because
• in
• so
• than) that
• + nevertheless
• now
• rightly
• seeing
• since
• surely
• then
• therefore
• + (al-) though
• + till
• truly
• + until
• when
• whether
• while
• whom
• yea
• yet

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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