forasmuch

/fɔːrəˈmʌtʃ/

Modern equivalent

since, because

What it means

Since; inasmuch as; on account of

In the KJV

And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

Acts 9:38