1. cause, reason, account — Feminine noun in construct meaning cause, reason, account, or matter of something, used in causal expressions like 'on account of' and 'because of'; all occurrences share this single semantic core with variation only in grammatical inflection (construct state, possessive suffixes, plural). 11×
AR["أمرِ","أَجْلِ","أَسْبَابِ","أَمْري","أَمْرِ","أَمْرِكَ","بِسَبَبِ","بِسَبَبِ-"]·ben["আমার","কারণ","কারণগুলি","কারণের","তোমার","বিষয়","বিষয়গুলি","বিষয়ে","যা"]·DE["Sache-von","[אדות]","account-von","dein-account","der-Sache","die-Angelegenheit","mein-account","weil-von"]·EN["account-of","because-of","matter-of","matters-of","my-account","the-grounds","the-matter-of","your-account"]·FR["[אדות]","account-de","affaire-de","affaires-de","compte-de","le-affaire-de","mon-account","parce-que-de","ton-account"]·heb["אדות","אודות","אודותי","אודותיך","אודת"]·HI["कारण","कारणों","के-कारण","खातिर","तेरे","बात","बारे-में","मामले","मेरे"]·ID["aku","alasan","engkau","hal","karena","kepentingan","perkara","tandan"]·IT["[אדות]","account-di","il-matter-di","matter-di","matters-di","mio-account","perché-di","tuo-account"]·jav["amargi-","bab","kawula","panjenengan","perkawis","prakawis","prekawis"]·KO["나의-일에-대하여","너의-일에-대하여","때문-에","에-대해","이유들에-대하여","이유로","일들","일에"]·PT["as-causas","assuntos-meus","assuntos-teus","causa-de","circunstâncias-de","conta-de","motivo-de","por-causa-de","razão-de"]·RU["дела","делах","о-тебе","обо-мне","поводу","причина","причине","причины","того"]·ES["asunto-de","causa-de","cuenta-de-","las-causas","mí","por-causa-de","ti"]·SW["habari-yako","habari-yangu","habari-za","jambo-la","kuhusu","neno","sababu","ya-bwawa","ya-jambo"]·TR["benim","durumunun","meselenin","meselesi","nedenler","sebebiyle","senin","uğruna","yüzünden","üzerine"]·urd["تیرے","خاطر","سببوں-سے","معاملے","معاملے-کے","میرے","وجہ","وجہ-سے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אוֹדָה] n.f. cause (perhaps orig. circumstance, cf. Sab. אוד enclosing wall)—only pl. אוֹדֹת Gn 21:11 +; אֹדוֹת Nu 12:1 +; (8 times + 2 S 13:16 vid.infra); אֹדוֹתַי Jos 14:6; אֹדוֹתֶיךָ ib.;—cause, always with על, & cstr., except Je 3:8, where sq. אֲשֶׁר; עַל־א׳ because of Gn 21:11, 25 Ex 18:8 Nu 12:1; 13:24 Ju 6:7 Je 3:8 (+ כָּל־); = concerning (on occasion of) Gn 26:32 Jos 14:6(×2); in 2 S 13:16 read, for אל־אֹדוֹת, אַל אָחִי כִּי 𝔊L It. We Dr.