Cause

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: cause, caused, causes, causing. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “cause” or one of its forms.

• יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâêl21
• חִנָּם chinnâm12
• σκανδαλίζω skandalízō11
• רִיב rîb8
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ8
• פָּנִים pânîm6
• עָשָׂה âsâh5
• דִּין dîn5
• יְהוּדָה Yehûdâh4
• נָתַן nâthan4
• נָפַל nâphal3
• חָטָא châṭâ3

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• יִשְׂרָאֵל YisrâêlIsraeltranslated this way 21 times of its 1,998 uses · Strong’s H3478Noun  ·  Translated: Israel 1,807, Israelites 111, caused israel 21, Israel's 19Full study and all 1,817 verses →
• חִנָּם chinnâmout of favourtranslated this way 12 times of its 31 uses · Strong’s H2600Adverb  ·  Translated: without cause 12, nothing 3, needless 2, cost me nothing 2

  Job 2:3 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

  Psalm 35:7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

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• רִיב rîbstrife, disputetranslated this way 8 times of its 61 uses · Strong’s H7379Noun  ·  Translated: case 11, strife 9, dispute 8, cause 8

  1 Samuel 25:39 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

  Psalm 35:23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

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• מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭjudgmenttranslated this way 8 times of its 406 uses · Strong’s H4941Noun  ·  Translated: justice 111, ordinances 73, judgments 40, judgment 40

  1 Kings 8:45 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

  2 Chronicles 6:35 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

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• פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 6 times of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun  ·  Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123

  Numbers 6:25 may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

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• עָשָׂה âsâhdo, maketranslated this way 5 times of its 2,478 uses · Strong’s H6213Verb  ·  Translated: done 292, made 265, make 143, did 112Full study and all 2,206 verses →
• דִּין dînjudgmenttranslated this way 5 times of its 18 uses · Strong’s H1779Noun  ·  Translated: judgment 4, cause 4, justice 3

  Psalm 9:4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

  Proverbs 29:7 The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.

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• יְהוּדָה YehûdâhJudahtranslated this way 4 times of its 814 uses · Strong’s H3063Noun  ·  Translated: Judah 774, Judah's 7, people of judah 5, men of judah 3Full study and all 750 verses →
• נָתַן nâthangive, put, settranslated this way 4 times of its 1,957 uses · Strong’s H5414Verb  ·  Translated: give 326, gave 206, given 187, put 135Full study and all 1,785 verses →
• נָפַל nâphalfall, lietranslated this way 3 times of its 432 uses · Strong’s H5307Verb  ·  Translated: fall 104, fell 77, fallen 54, falls 21

  Genesis 2:21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

  2 Kings 19:7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

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• חָטָא châṭâmisstranslated this way 3 times of its 233 uses · Strong’s H2398Verb  ·  Translated: sinned 73, sin 33, committed 26, sins 21

  Exodus 23:33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

  Deuteronomy 20:18 so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 3 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
• מוּת mûthdietranslated this way 3 times of its 771 uses · Strong’s H4191Verb  ·  Translated: die 198, died 152, dead 89, put to death 47

  Numbers 19:16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

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• נָשִׂיא nâsîone lifted uptranslated this way 3 times of its 126 uses · Strong’s H5387Noun  ·  Translated: leader 44, leaders 29, prince 26, princes 9

  Psalm 135:7 He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

  Jeremiah 10:13 When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

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• מִן minout of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that nottranslated this way 2 times of its 983 uses · Strong’s H4480Preposition  ·  Translated: from 368, of 68, from me 36, some of 33

  Genesis 5:29 And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

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• הָיָה hâyâhfall out, come to pass, become, betranslated this way 2 times of its 2,848 uses · Strong’s H1961Verb  ·  Translated: will be 206, become 178, came 169, was 151Full study and all 2,573 verses →
• רַב rabmuch, many, greattranslated this way 2 times of its 445 uses · Strong’s H7227Adjective  ·  Translated: many 171, great 65, captain 24, long 14Full study and all 426 verses →
• מַר marbitter, bitternesstranslated this way 2 times of its 39 uses · Strong’s H4751Adjective  ·  Translated: bitter 16, bitterness 6, bitterly 3, anguish 2Full study and all 36 verses →
• שָׁחַת shâchathgo to ruin (?)translated this way 2 times of its 145 uses · Strong’s H7843Verb  ·  Translated: destroy 58, destroyed 13, corrupt 7, corrupted 5Full study and all 135 verses →
• יָטַב yâṭabbe good, well, glad, pleasingtranslated this way 2 times of its 110 uses · Strong’s H3190Verb  ·  Translated: good 14, well 8, pleased 8, go well 6Full study and all 106 verses →
• רֶגֶל regelfoottranslated this way 2 times of its 213 uses · Strong’s H7272Noun  ·  Translated: feet 128, foot 45, legs 8, times 4Full study and all 203 verses →
• רֵיקָם rêqâmemptily, vainlytranslated this way 2 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H7387Adverb  ·  Translated: empty-handed 9, empty 5, without cause 2Full study and all 16 verses →
• שֶׁקֶר sheqerdeception, disappointment, falsehoodtranslated this way 2 times of its 104 uses · Strong’s H8267Noun  ·  Translated: lies 18, lying 16, false 12, falsely 10Full study and all 100 verses →
• דִּין dînjudgetranslated this way 2 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s H1777Verb  ·  Translated: judge 7, vindicate 3, contend 2, judges 2Full study and all 23 verses →
• דָּבָר dâbârspeech, wordtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,244 uses · Strong’s H1697Noun  ·  Translated: word 342, words 299, acts 51, Chronicles 42Full study and all 1,120 verses →
• שָׁמֵם shâmêmbe desoleted, appalledtranslated this way 2 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s H8074Verb  ·  Translated: appalled 17, desolate 10, deserted 5, desolation 4Full study and all 81 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• σκανδαλίζω skandalízōI cause to stumbletranslated this way 11 times of its 29 uses · Strong’s G4624Verb  ·  Translated: fall away 8, causes you to sin 7, causes 3, took offense 2Full study and all 27 verses →
• ποιέω poiéōI do, maketranslated this way 3 times of its 544 uses · Strong’s G4160Verb  ·  Translated: do 50, done 44, doing 40, made 34Full study and all 494 verses →
• σκάνδαλον skándalona snare, stumbling-blocktranslated this way 3 times of its 14 uses · Strong’s G4625Noun  ·  Translated: stumbling block 4, offense 3, stumbling blocks 2Full study and all 13 verses →
• λυπέω lypéōI pain, grieve, vextranslated this way 2 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s G3076Verb  ·  Translated: sorrow 5, grieve 5, grieved 4, deeply grieved 2Full study and all 21 verses →

What the Bible says about cause: passages by topic →

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.