Definition

properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

Etymology

from H6030 (עָנָה);

Where the KJV renders it

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