H3282 · יַעַן
yaʻan · yah'-an · because
H3282 (yaʻan, pronounced yah'-an) is the Hebrew word יַעַן in Strong’s dictionary: properly, heed. It appears 99 times in 94 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- יַעַן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- yaʻan
- Pronunciation
- yah'-an
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to pay attention;
- Definition
- properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
- Rendered in the KJV
- because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
99 occurrences in 94 verses (92 with English words of their own, 7 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “Because” ×46
- “because” ×25
- “Since” ×7
- “For” ×6
- “Because of” ×1
- “Even” ×1
- “Is that why” ×1
- “Therefore” ×1
By book
Genesis 1 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 2 · Deuteronomy 1 · Joshua 1 · Judges 1 · 1 Samuel 2 · 1 Kings 14 · 2 Kings 6 · 2 Chronicles 3 · Psalms 1 · Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 11 · Ezekiel 37 · Hosea 1 · Amos 1 · Haggai 1
First 30 of 94 verses
- Genesis 22:16
- Leviticus 26:43
- Numbers 11:20
- Numbers 20:12
- Deuteronomy 1:36
- Joshua 14:14
- Judges 2:20
- 1 Samuel 15:23
- 1 Samuel 30:22
- 1 Kings 3:11
- 1 Kings 8:18
- 1 Kings 11:11
- 1 Kings 11:33
- 1 Kings 13:21
- 1 Kings 14:7
- 1 Kings 14:13
- 1 Kings 14:15
- 1 Kings 16:2
- 1 Kings 20:28
- 1 Kings 20:36
- 1 Kings 20:42
- 1 Kings 21:20
- 1 Kings 21:29
- 2 Kings 1:16
- 2 Kings 10:30
- 2 Kings 19:28
- 2 Kings 21:11
- 2 Kings 21:15
- 2 Kings 22:19
- 2 Chronicles 1:11
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H3282.