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Wherefore

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

348exact KJV occurrences 244Old Testament 104New Testament 52books containing the word 27mapped Strong's IDs 117occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 17:7

And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where wherefore appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG1223
διά

diá · dee-ah'

12 times translated as this KJV form645 total Strong's occurrences

through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)

Strong's KJV usage: :--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in).

Strong's first: Matthew 12:31Strong's last: Revelation 17:7

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GreekG5101
τίς

tís · tis

5 times translated as this KJV form556 total Strong's occurrences

an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

Strong's KJV usage: :--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.

Strong's first: Matthew 14:31Strong's last: Galatians 3:19

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HebrewH3651
כֵּן

kên · kane

2 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

adv

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

Strong's KJV usage: after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), × the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, × you.

Strong's first: Genesis 10:9Strong's last: Exodus 6:6

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HebrewH4069
מַדּוּעַ

maddûwaʻ · mad-doo'-ah

2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

adv

what (is) known?; i.e. (by implication) (adverbially) why?

Strong's KJV usage: how, wherefore, why.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 26:27Strong's last: Isaiah 5:4

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HebrewH4100
מָה

mâh · maw

2 times translated as this KJV form26 total Strong's occurrences

i

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

Strong's KJV usage: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Strong's first: Genesis 18:13Strong's last: Malachi 2:14

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GreekG1519
εἰς

eis · ice

1 times translated as this KJV form1,680 total Strong's occurrences

to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases

Strong's KJV usage: :--(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), …ward, (where-)fore, with.

Strong's first: 2 Thessalonians 1:11Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 1:11

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GreekG5105
τοιγαροῦν

toigaroûn · toy-gar-oon'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

truly for then, i.e. consequently

Strong's KJV usage: :--there-(where-)fore.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Hebrews 12:1Strong's last: Hebrews 12:1

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HebrewH389
אַךְ

ʼak · ak

1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences

adv

a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only

Strong's KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).

Strong's first: 2 Kings 5:7Strong's last: 2 Kings 5:7

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AramaicH6903
קְבֵל

qᵉbêl · keb-ale'

1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

conj

(adverbially) in front of; usually (with other particles) on account of, so as, since, hence

Strong's KJV usage: according to, as, because, before, for this cause, forasmuch as, by this means, over against, by reason of, that, therefore, though, wherefore.

Strong's first: Daniel 3:8Strong's last: Daniel 3:8

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HebrewH8478
תַּחַת

tachath · takh'-ath

1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: as, beneath, × flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, × unto, × when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 5:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 5:19

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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24 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Jeremiah 2:9
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.

Jeremiah 2:29
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:31
no direct Strong's tag

O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

Jeremiah 5:6
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

Jeremiah 5:14
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

Jeremiah 5:19
H8478

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

Jeremiah 12:1
no direct Strong's tag

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Jeremiah 12:1
no direct Strong's tag

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Jeremiah 13:22
no direct Strong's tag

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

Jeremiah 16:10
no direct Strong's tag

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

Jeremiah 20:18
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jeremiah 22:8
no direct Strong's tag

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

Jeremiah 22:28
no direct Strong's tag

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 23:12
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 27:17
no direct Strong's tag

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

Jeremiah 30:6
no direct Strong's tag

Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Jeremiah 32:3
no direct Strong's tag

For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

Jeremiah 37:15
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

Jeremiah 40:15
no direct Strong's tag

Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?

Jeremiah 44:6
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Jeremiah 44:7
no direct Strong's tag

Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

Jeremiah 46:5
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:4
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?

Jeremiah 51:52
no direct Strong's tag

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

wherefore

WHEREFORE, adverb [where and for.]

1. For which reason.

WHEREFORE by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7:20.

2. Why; for what reason.

WHEREFORE didst thou doubt? Matthew 14:31.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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