wherein

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/wɛˈɹɪn/

adverb

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Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength.
Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

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In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]
Wherein lies the question.
Wherein did I misspeak myself?

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Defile not therefoꝛe the lande which yee ſhall inhabite, wherein I dwell: foꝛ I the Lord dwell among the childꝛen of Iſrael.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:34, signature [Q5], verso, column 2
As she went through the woods where the primroses and the whitethorn were blossoming, the place seemed as the land of Elim, wherein there were twelve wells and threescore and ten palm trees.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
[T]here is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 8:9, signature Lll2, verso, column 2

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From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.