Words the Bible translates as therefore
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ounοὖνa connector that tells the reader: what follows flows from what came before
- kenכֵּןso, thus: pointing back to a manner, situation, or statement just named
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- right, honest, true: correct in fact or upright in character
- hōsteὥστεso then, therefore, accordingly: it opens a new sentence and draws a conclusion from the argument that has gone before
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- so 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
- araἄραa small word that draws a conclusion from what has just been said, like "so," "then," or "therefore," with a tone that ranges from cool logical consequence to startled realization.
- dioδιόtherefore, for this reason: a word that draws a firm inference from what has just been argued
- hothenὅθενfor which reason, therefore: a word that draws a conclusion from something already said
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- from which place: a word pointing back to a physical starting point that something has left or come from
- 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)
- toinunτοίνυνtherefore, then, accordingly: a connecting word that draws a conclusion from what was just said and presses it on the listener
- toigarounτοιγαροῦνso then, for that very reason: the weightiest Greek word for "therefore," used to bring an argument to its solemn conclusion
- lahenלָהֵןthereforenot studied yet
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