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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H5668 - While

Strong's No.:H5668

Hebrew:עָבוּר

Transliteration:ʻâbûwr

Phonetic:aw-boor'

Word Origin:Passive participle of H5674

Bible Usage:because {of} for (. . . ‘s {sake}) (intent) {that} to.

Part of Speech:Preposition

Strongs
Definition:

properly {crossed} that {is} (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially on account {of} in order that


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. for the sake of, on account of, because of, in order to conj

2. in order that


Bible References:
While

Translation
Occurrences:
because ( 5 )
for ( 8 )
intent ( 1 )
of ( 2 )
sake ( 15 )
sakes ( 2 )
that ( 10 )
to ( 5 )
while ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.