Words the Bible translates as because
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kiכִּיbecause, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
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- that: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
- when, if: it frames the circumstance or the case the main statement answers to
- but rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
- garγάρa small linking word that always comes second in its clause and tells the reader the words that follow support, ground, or back up what was just said.
- taḥatתַּחַתbecause, in return for the fact that: a reason given as the price of an action
+2 more meanings
- under, beneath: the lower position relative to something above
- in place of, instead of, in exchange for: one thing standing where another would be
- diotiδιότιbecausenot studied yet
- ma'anמַעַןpurpose or ground: what an action is aimed at, or the person or thing it is done for the sake of
- ya'anיַעַןbecausenot studied yet
- qevelקֳבֵלa linking word that sets one thing over against another: facing it in place (in front of, opposite) or answering to it in thought (because, therefore, according to)
- eqevעֵקֶבconsequence: the outcome that follows a course of conduct, whether the reward it earns or, as a connecting word, the reason ("because") for what comes next
- odahאוֹדָהon account of; concerning: a connecting word that points to the reason for something, the subject a matter is about, or the person an action is done for
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