TBESH · H3282
יַעַן · ya.an · because
conj 1) because, therefore, because that, on account of prep 2) because of, on account of 3) why (with interrogative pron)
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ya.an H3282
יַעַן (ya.an) means “because” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
יַעַן Hebrew · H3282 99 tagged occurrences in 94 verses
Pronunciation guide: yah'-an Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
KJV glosses: because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.
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How translators render H3282
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| because | 73 |
| since | 7 |
| for | 6 |
| because of | 1 |
| even | 1 |
| is that why | 1 |
| so | 1 |
| therefore | 1 |
| why | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| because | 4 |
| forasmuch | 3 |
| forasmuch as | 2 |
| any more the like because | 1 |
| even because | 1 |
| for because | 1 |
| me because | 1 |
| seeing | 1 |
| that | 1 |
| unto you because | 1 |
| whereas | 1 |
Verses containing H3282
Page 2 of 2. 94 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Jeremiah 29:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
Read word by word - Jeremiah 35:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 35:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:7
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Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 5:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 5:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 5:11
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Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 12:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 13:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 13:10
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 13:22
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Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 15:8
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Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Read word by word - Ezekiel 16:36
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This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 16:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
Read word by word - Ezekiel 20:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 20:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 21:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.9
- Ezekiel 21:24
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.29
- Ezekiel 22:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 23:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
Read word by word - Ezekiel 24:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 25:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 25:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 25:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
Read word by word - Ezekiel 25:12
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This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 25:15
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This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 26:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 28:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 28:6
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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 29:6
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Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 29:9
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The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 31:10
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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 34:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 34:21
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Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 35:5
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Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 35:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 36:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 36:3
· BSB · 2 occurrences
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 36:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 36:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
Read word by word - Ezekiel 44:12
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Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by word - Hosea 8:1
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Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Read word by word - Amos 5:11
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Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Read word by word - Haggai 1:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
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