ʼôwdôwth — H182

Definition

feminine noun

turnings (i.e. occasions); (adverb) on account of

1. cause
1. cause, reason for
2. the occasion of

Usually translated as

because, concerning, cause, sake

Origin

or (shortened) ʼôdôwth (only thus in the plural); from the same as H181

• Same as ʼûwd (H181)

Occurrences

ʼôwdôwth occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (1), Numbers (2), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Genesis 21:11 — And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because (אוֹדֹ֥ת) of his son.
• Genesis 21:25 — And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of (אֹדוֹת֙) a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
• Genesis 26:32 — And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning (אֹד֥וֹת) the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
• Exodus 18:8 — And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake (אוֹדֹ֣ת), and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
• Numbers 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because (אֹד֛וֹת) of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
• Numbers 13:24 — The place was called the brook Eshcol, because (אֹד֣וֹת) of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
• Joshua 14:6 — Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning (אֹדוֹתַ֛י) me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
• Judges 6:7 — And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of (אֹד֥וֹת) the Midianites,
• 2 Samuel 13:16 — And she said unto him, There is no cause (אוֹדֹ֞ת): this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
• Jeremiah 3:8 — And I saw, when for all the causes (אֹדוֹת֙) whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.