e.pho marks a conclusion, response, or pointed question that follows from what has just been said.

The adverb introduces what follows from an already stated situation, especially a conclusion or pressing question: it frames responses such as what can be done, where someone is, or who can answer, and it can introduce an instruction following a condition.

1. Consequent response, question, or instruction · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Adverb and occur at turns in the clause where a prior statement prompts what follows. In Genesis 27:37 the APB renders Isaac's response, "What then can I do for you, my son?"; in Isaiah 19:12 it asks, "Where then are your wise men?" After the condition in Genesis 43:11, the APB renders the ensuing direction, "then do this," while Proverbs 6:3 similarly introduces an urgent instruction.

   Genesis 27:37Isaiah 19:12Genesis 43:11Proverbs 6:3Job 17:152 Kings 10:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause transition with "then," including "Where then" and "What then," and once with "Where now" in Judges 9:38. In some verses the precise English contribution cannot be isolated because the translation renders the whole clause rather than aligning individual words.