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אוֹדוֹת
ʼôwdôwth · Hebrew · Strong's H182 · 11 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “because”
What it means
turnings (i.e. occasions); (adverb) on account of
or (shortened) אֹדוֹת (only thus in the plural); from the same as H181 (אוּד);
How the KJV renders it
because, concerning, sake
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“concerning”
also renders ʻal (H5922), tsad (H6655)
“sake”
also renders dâbâr (H1697), dibrâh (H1701)
Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 10 verses shown.
2 Samuel 13:16 · HNcfpc
She said to him, “Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!” But he would not listen to her.
Exodus 18:8 · HNcfpc
Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
Genesis 21:11 · HNcfpc
The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.
Genesis 21:25 · HNcfpc
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 26:32 · HNcfpc
The same day, Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
Judges 6:7 · HNcfpc
When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,
Jeremiah 3:8 HNcfpaJoshua 14:6 HNcfpc/Sp1csNumbers 12:1 HNcfpcNumbers 13:24 HNcfpc
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.