Where'fōre, adv.

adverb

(Synop., § 130), adv. [From where and for.]

Sense 1. For which reason; — used relatively.

Wherefore, by their fruits, ye shall know them. Matt. vii. 20.

Sense 2. For what reason; why; — used interrogatively.

Wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt. xiv. 31.