By contraction from an unused root meaning to "gather"; properly "assemblage"; used only adverbially "also", "even", "yea", "though"; often repeated as correlation "both"... "and: - "again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)... and, but, either... or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay... neither, one, then (-refore), though, what, with, yea.