Wherefore
Wherefore
* Note: This represents (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, Tit 1:13; Heb 2:11); dia ti “on account of what?” (sometimes as one word, diati), e.g., Luk 19:23; Rom 9:32; 2Co 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; Act 20:31; Act 24:26; Act 25:26; Act 27:25, Act 27:34; Rom 1:24; Rom 15:7; 1Co 12:3; 2Co 2:8; 2Co 5:9; 2Co 6:17; Eph 2:11; Eph 3:13; Eph 4:8, Eph 4:25; Eph 5:14; Phi 2:9; 1Th 5:11; Phm 1:8; Heb 3:7, Heb 3:10; Heb 10:5; Heb 11:16; Heb 12:12, Heb 12:28; Heb 13:12; Jam 1:21; Jam 4:6; 1Pe 1:13; 2Pe 1:10, 2Pe 1:12; 2Pe 3:14; (3) dioper, “for which very reason” (a strengthened form of the preceding), 1Co 8:13; 1Co 10:14 (1Co 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 Heb 2:17; Heb 3:1; Heb 7:25; Heb 8:3; (5) ti, “what, why,” Joh 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,” 2Co 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 Heb 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; 1Co 10:12; 1Co 11:27, 1Co 11:33; 1Co 14:22, 1Co 14:39; 2Co 5:16; Gal 3:24; Gal 4:7; Phi 4:1; 1Th 4:18; 1Pe 4:19.