10 occurrences

'Wherefore' in the Bible

and Saul hath a concubine, and her name is Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and Ish-Bosheth saith unto Abner, 'Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?'

Verse ConceptsConcubinesSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex Examplesmistress

And they declare to David, saying, 'Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;' and David saith unto Uriah, 'Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?'

Verse ConceptsNot going home directly

then, it hath been, if the king's fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?

Verse ConceptsAngry People

'Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.

Verse ConceptsForgettingevil, believers' responses toSanctity Of LifeSuffering, Causes OfWord Of GodKilling Named IndividualsTransferring Wives

and saith to him, 'Wherefore art thou thus lean, O king's son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?' And Amnon saith to him, 'Tamar -- sister of Absalom my brother -- I am loving.'

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who LovedOther Sad People

And the king saith, 'What -- to me and to you, O sons of Zeruiah? for -- let him revile; even because Jehovah hath said to him, Revile David; and who saith, Wherefore hast Thou done so?'

Verse ConceptsWhat Have We In Common?Cursing The UngodlyGod's Orders

And Joab saith to the man who is declaring it to him, 'And lo, thou hast seen -- and wherefore didst thou not smite him there to the earth -- and on me to give to thee ten silverlings and one girdle?'

Verse ConceptsArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionPeople Giving Clothes

And, lo, all the men of Israel are coming unto the king, and they say unto the king, 'Wherefore have they stolen thee -- our brethren, the men of Judah?' (and they bring the king and his household over the Jordan, and all the men of David with him).

And the men of Israel answer the men of Judah, and say, 'Ten parts we have in the king, and also in David more than you; and wherefore have ye lightly esteemed us, that our word hath not been first to bring back our king?' And the word of the men of Judah is sharper than the word of the men of Israel.

Verse ConceptsClaimsResponseTen Things

And Araunah saith, 'Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?' and David saith, 'To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.'

Verse ConceptsAltars To The LordBuilding Altars

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Wherefore (453 instances)

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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