Words the Bible translates as so that
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hinaἵναa subordinating conjunction that introduces a dependent clause, carrying a range of functions from purpose to result to content to command depending on context
- ma'anמַעַןpurpose or ground: what an action is aimed at, or the person or thing it is done for the sake of
- hōsteὥστεso that, with the result that: it attaches a consequence to what just happened, naming the effect that the action produced or was meant to produce
+1 more meaning
- so then, therefore, accordingly: it opens a new sentence and draws a conclusion from the argument that has gone before
- avurעָבוּרa joining word that ties an action to the reason or the goal behind it: because of, for the sake of, or so that
- divrahדִּבְרָהin a set phrase, the ground or pattern behind something: on account of, so that, after the manner of
+1 more meaning
- a case: the matter a person lays out before someone who can settle it
Keep looking
Every English meaning beginning with S is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.