TBESH · H4616
מַ֫עַן · ma.an · because
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
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ma.an H4616
מַ֫עַן (ma.an) means “because” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מַ֫עַן Hebrew · H4616 272 tagged occurrences in 252 verses
Pronunciation guide: mah'-an Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H6030 (עָנָה); properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
KJV glosses: because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
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How translators render H4616
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 |
|---|---|
| so that | 89 |
| that | 21 |
| for the sake | 18 |
| to | 18 |
| because of | 12 |
| in order to | 9 |
| for the sake of | 7 |
| so | 7 |
| and so that | 5 |
| for your sake | 5 |
| and that | 4 |
| for my own sake | 4 |
| in order that | 4 |
| then | 4 |
| and for the sake | 3 |
| for | 3 |
| in order | 3 |
| in this way | 3 |
| on account of | 3 |
| and for the sake of | 2 |
| sake | 2 |
| therefore | 2 |
| and | 1 |
| and pressed | 1 |
| and so | 1 |
| as a result | 1 |
| because | 1 |
| bent on | 1 |
| for my sake | 1 |
| for this reason | 1 |
| he did this | 1 |
| he did this so that | 1 |
| him | 1 |
| my very own sake | 1 |
| on account of you | 1 |
| on behalf | 1 |
| on your account | 1 |
| so that they | 1 |
| so that you | 1 |
| that my heart | 1 |
| that will serve | 1 |
| the israelites to | 1 |
| they spite | 1 |
| this happened so that | 1 |
| this is so that | 1 |
| this was in order to | 1 |
| until | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| yet for the sake | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| for | 2 |
| that | 2 |
| against us for to | 1 |
| lest | 1 |
| thee for to the intent | 1 |
| there to the end | 1 |
| to | 1 |
| unto them because of | 1 |
Verses containing H4616
Page 4 of 6. 252 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Psalms 130:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
Read word by word - Psalms 143:11
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For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Read word by word - Proverbs 2:20
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So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Read word by word - Proverbs 15:24
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The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
Read word by word - Proverbs 19:20
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Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Read word by word - Isaiah 5:19
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to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
Read word by word - Isaiah 23:16
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“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 28:13
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Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:1
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“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
Read word by word - Isaiah 37:35
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‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
Read word by word - Isaiah 41:20
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so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 42:21
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The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:10
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“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:14
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Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:25
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I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:26
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Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:9
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All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:3
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I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:4
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For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
Read word by word - Isaiah 45:6
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so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Read word by word - Isaiah 48:9
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For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
Read word by word - Isaiah 48:11
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For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
Read word by word - Isaiah 49:7
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Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 55:5
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Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 62:1
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For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
Read word by word - Isaiah 63:17
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Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
Read word by word - Isaiah 65:8
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This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
Read word by word - Isaiah 66:5
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You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 66:11
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so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:14
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Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:10
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and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:18
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The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:19
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But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 7:23
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but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 10:18
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For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 11:5
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This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 14:7
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Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 14:21
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For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 25:7
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‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 27:10
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For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 27:15
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For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 32:14
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“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 32:29
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And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 32:35
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They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 35:7
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Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 36:3
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Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 42:6
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Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 43:3
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Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 44:8
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Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 44:29
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This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
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