Word

אוֹדוֹת

ʼôwdôwth · H182 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

on account of, because of, because

עַל־אֹדֹות state in which an event is presented as the motivation, cause, or reason for another event

Examples
Genesis 21:11 The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son Ishmael.
Genesis 26:32 Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”
Exodus 18:8 Moses told his father-in-law everything that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had confronted them on the journey, and how the LORD had rescued them.
no, because

אַל־אֹדֹות unclear construction, possibly to be read as אַל עַל־אֹדֹות: marker asserting that a proposed event should not take place, followed by an event that functions as the grounds for this statement

Examples
2 Samuel 13:16 But she said to him, “No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!” Yet he would not listen to her.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

10 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נָאַףto commit adultery 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

10 occurrences in 1 groups

עַלon, upon, over, against 18

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אוּד ʼûwd · H181 · piece of firewood · 3×מְאֹד mᵉʼôd · H3966 · very, exceedingly · 300×אֵיד ʼêyd · H343 · calamity, destruction · 24×אוֹדוֹתʼôwdôwth · H182אֵד ʼêd · H108 · streams (of water) · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H182. odoth [אוֺדָה] noun feminine cause (perhaps originally circumstance, compare Sabean…

H182. odoth
[אוֺדָה] noun feminine cause (perhaps originally circumstance, compare Sabean אוד enclosing wall) — only plural אוֺדֹת Gen 21:11 +; אֹדוֺת Num 12:1 +; (8 t. + 2Sa 13:16 see infra); אֹדוֺתַי Jos 14:6; אֹדוֺתֶיךָ ib.; — cause, always with על, & construct, except Jer 3:8, where followed by אֲשֶׁר; ׳עַלאֿ because of Gen 21:11, Gen 21:25; Exo 18:8; Num 12:1; Num 13:24; Jdg 6:7; Jer 3:8; = concerning (on occasion of) Gen 26:32; Jos 14:6 (twice in verse); in 2Sa 13:16 read, for ᵐ5 כִּי אָחִי אַל אלאֹֿדוֺת,L It. We Dr.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0