Odah אוֹדָה

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Odah (Hebrew אוֹדָה, Strong's H182) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “because”. It occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) cause
1a) cause, reason for
1b) the occasion of

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	because (3), concerning (1), sake (1), me (1), thee (1), cause (1), causes (1)
BSB	because it concerned (1), sake (1), you (1), me (1)

Every verse with Odah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis 21:11
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
Genesis 21:25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
Genesis 26:32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

Exodus 18:8
And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them.Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

Numbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
Numbers 13:24
The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.Because of the cluster of grapes the Israelites cut there, that place was called the Valley of Eshcol.

Joshua 14:6
Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.

Judges 6:7
And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,Now when the Israelites cried out to the LORD because of Midian,

2 Samuel 13:16
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.

Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).