H4616 · מַעַן
maʻan · mah'-an · that, for, to, because of
H4616 (maʻan, pronounced mah'-an) is the Hebrew word מַעַן in Strong’s dictionary: properly, heed, i.e. purpose. It appears 272 times in 252 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מַעַן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- maʻan
- Pronunciation
- mah'-an
- Derivation
- from H6030 (עָנָה);
- Definition
- properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
- Rendered in the KJV
- because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
272 occurrences in 252 verses (254 with English words of their own, 18 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “so that” ×88
- “that” ×21
- “to” ×17
- “for the sake” ×13
- “because of” ×12
- “in order to” ×9
- “For the sake” ×5
- “and so that” ×5
By book
Genesis 6 · Exodus 16 · Leviticus 3 · Numbers 4 · Deuteronomy 44 · Joshua 6 · Judges 2 · 1 Samuel 2 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 14 · 2 Kings 7 · 1 Chronicles 1 · 2 Chronicles 9 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 1 · Job 3 · Psalms 32 · Proverbs 3 · Isaiah 24 · Jeremiah 23 · Ezekiel 35 · Daniel 2 · Hosea 1 · Joel 1 · Amos 4 · Obadiah 1 · Micah 2 · Habakkuk 2 · Zechariah 2
First 30 of 252 verses
- Genesis 12:13
- Genesis 18:19
- Genesis 18:24
- Genesis 27:25
- Genesis 37:22
- Genesis 50:20
- Exodus 1:11
- Exodus 4:5
- Exodus 8:10
- Exodus 8:22
- Exodus 9:16
- Exodus 9:29
- Exodus 10:1
- Exodus 10:2
- Exodus 11:7
- Exodus 11:9
- Exodus 13:9
- Exodus 16:4
- Exodus 16:32
- Exodus 20:12
- Exodus 23:12
- Exodus 33:13
- Leviticus 17:5
- Leviticus 20:3
- Leviticus 23:43
- Numbers 15:40
- Numbers 16:40
- Numbers 27:20
- Numbers 36:8
- Deuteronomy 2:30
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4616.