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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
 

Wherefore:

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(1) some phrases introduced by the preposition dia, "on account of," dia touto, "on account of this," e.g., Mat 12:31; Rom 5:12; Eph 1:15; 3Jo 1:10; dia hen (the accusative feminine of hos, "who"), "on account of which" (aitia, "a cause," being understood), e.g., Act 10:21 (with aitia, expressed, Tts 1:13; Hbr 2:11); dia ti "on account of what?" (sometimes as one word, diati), e.g., Luk 19:23; Rom 9:32; 2Cr 11:11; Rev 17:7;

(2) dio = dia ho (the neuter of the relative pronoun hos), "on account of which (thing)," e.g., Mat 27:8; Act 15:19; 20:31; 24:26; 25:26; 27:25, 34; Rom 1:24; 15:7; 1Cr 12:3; 2Cr 2:8; 5:9; 6:17; Eph 2:11; 3:13; 4:8, 25; 5:14; Phl 2:9; 1Th 5:11; Phm 1:8; Hbr 3:7, 10; 10:5; 11:16; 12:12, 28; 13:12; Jam 1:21; 4:6; 1Pe 1:13; 2Pe 1:10, 12; 3:14;

(3) dioper, "for which very reason" (a strengthened form of the preceding), 1Cr 8:13; 10:14 (1Cr 14:13 in some mss.);

(4) hothen (which denotes "whence," when used of direction or source, e.g., Mat 12:44), used of cause and denoting "wherefore" in Hbr 2:17; 3:1; 7:25; 8:3;

(5) ti, "what, why," Jhn 9:27; Act 22:30; Gal 3:19, AV (RV, "what");

(6) heneka with tinos (the genitive case of ti), "because of what," Act 19:32;

(7) charin with hou, the genitive case, neuter of hos, "for the sake of what," Luk 7:47;

(8) eis, "unto," with ti, "what," Mat 14:31; with ho, "which" (the accusative neuter of hos), 2Th 1:11, AV (RV, "to which end");

(9) ara, "so," 2Cr 7:12, AV (RV, "so"); with ge, "at least," Mat 7:20, AV (RV, "therefore");

(10) hina, "in order that," with ti, "what," Mat 9:4;

(11) toigaroun, "therefore," rendered "wherefore" in Hbr 12:1, AV;

(12) in Mat 26:50, epi, "unto," with ho, as in No. (8) above, AV, "wherefore (art thou come)?" RV, "(do that) for which (thou art come);"

(13) oun, a particle expressing sequence or consequence, e.g., Mat 24:26; Act 6:3;

(14) hoste, "so that," "wherefore," e.g., Rom 7:12, 13; 1Cr 10:12; 11:27, 33; 14:22, 39; 2Cr 5:16; Gal 3:24; 4:7; Phl 4:1; 1Th 4:18; 1Pe 4:19.

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