Definition

properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause

Etymology

from an unused root meaning to pay attention;

How the KJV renders it

• because (that)
• forasmuch ( as)
• seeing then
• that
• wheras
• why

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.