Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4616
מַ֫עַן
ma.an · “because”
Used 272 times across 29 books
Definition
1) purpose, intent prep
1a) for the sake of
1b) in view of, on account of
1c) for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj
1d) to the end that
1a) for the sake of
1b) in view of, on account of
1c) for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj
1d) to the end that
Where it appears
Genesis7
Exodus16
Leviticus3
Numbers4
Deuteronomy48
Joshua8
Judges2
1 Samuel2
2 Samuel1
1 Kings16
2 Kings9
1 Chronicles1
2 Chronicles9
Ezra1
Nehemiah3
Job3
Psalms32
Proverbs3
Isaiah28
Jeremiah24
Ezekiel37
Daniel2
Hosea1
Joel1
Amos4
Obadiah1
Micah2
Habakkuk2
Zechariah2
In the text
Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.Genesis 18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?Genesis 27:25And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.Genesis 37:22And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.Genesis 50:20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.Exodus 1:11Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.Exodus 4:5That they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.Exodus 8:6And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.Exodus 8:18And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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