wherein
Pronunciation
  • (GA) enPR: (h)wârinʹ IPA: /(h)wɛɹˈɪn/
  • (RP) enPR: wârinʹ IPA: /wɛəɹˈɪn/
Adverb

wherein (not comparable)

  1. How, or in what way.
    • 1901, American Standard Version, 1 Kings 18:9
      Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
Conjunction
  1. Where, or in which location.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Numbers 35:34 ↗:
      Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
  2. During which.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Ecclesiastes 8:9 ↗:
      There is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
  3. How, or in what way.
    • Bible, 1 Samuel 8:9
      In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them...



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