16 occurrences in 6 translations

'Wherefore' in the Bible

And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

Verse ConceptsHeavy BurdensNot Pleasing God

With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodExperience, of GodGod, Revelation OfRevelation, In OtDivine FriendshipClarityBeing Face To Face With GodThose Who Saw GodPlainnessAddressing SomeoneRevelation Through Direct CommunicationPatience In RelationshipsSpeechcriticism

And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

Verse ConceptsdoubtersFaint HeartednessWhy Does God Do This?

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

Verse ConceptsBreaking The Ten Commandments

And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfAaron, Life EventsConfrontationSelf Righteousness, Nature OfWorldly Ambition ExamplesEnvy, Example OfPlottingGod Is Among YouA Holy NationSeeking Honourorganization

And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

Verse ConceptsFruitFig treeBlamePomegranatesAssembling At The DoorwayBringing Israel Out Of EgyptNo Water For PeopleOthers Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Verse ConceptsFaultsBlameComplaintsDying In The WildernessPossibility Of DeathNo FoodBringing Israel Out Of EgyptNo Water For PeopleOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptWhy Do You Do This?ComplainingQuestioning Life

Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedArnonHistorical BooksBrookscredibility

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyBeating AnimalsActing Three TimesGod As EnemyWhy Do You Do This?

And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards PeopleUrgencyWhy Do You Do This?

Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

Verse ConceptsLater Covenants With God

Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementHindering God's Work

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
χάριν 
Charin 
Usage: 8

אוּלם 
'uwlam 
but , but truly , surely , very deed , howbeit , wherefore , truly , not translated
Usage: 18

להן 
Lawhen (Aramaic) 
Usage: 10

מדּע מדּוּע 
Madduwa` 
Usage: 72

קבל קבל 
Q@bel (Aramaic) 
Usage: 29

αἰτία 
Aitia 
Usage: 20

ἄρα 
Ara 
therefore , so then , now therefore , then , wherefore , haply , not tr ,
Usage: 35

διό 
Dio 
Usage: 52

διόπερ 
Dioper 
Usage: 3

ἕνεκα ἕνεκεν εἵνεκεν 
heneka 
for ... sake , for ... cause , for , because 9 , wherefore , by reason of , that ... might
Usage: 8

ἱνατί 
Hinati 
Usage: 4

ὅθεν 
Hothen 
Usage: 11

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore , then , so , and , now , wherefore , but , not tr ,
Usage: 417

τοιγαροῦν 
Toigaroun 
Usage: 2

τοῦτο 
Touto 
this , therefore Trans , that , for this cause , wherefore , it , not tr ,
Usage: 232

ὥστε 
hoste 
so that , wherefore , insomuch that , therefore , that , so then , to , as , insomuch as
Usage: 72

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