THEREFOREadv.
ther'fore. [there and for.]
1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated.
I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. Luke 14:20.
2. Consequently.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty.
3. In return or recompense for this or that.
What shall we have therefore? Matthew 19:27.