H4616 מַעַן
maʻan — properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
KJV: because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
Derived from עָנָה ʻânâh (to eye)
Occurs 272 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מַ֫עַן] subst. purpose, intent, only with לְ, in לְמַ֫עַן 271 prep. and conj. for the sake of, on account of, to the intent or in order that
Where it occurs
- Genesis 12:13 — Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
- Genesis 18:19 — For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the…
- Genesis 18:24 — What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who…
- Genesis 27:25 — He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless you.” He brought it near to…
- Genesis 37:22 — Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he…
- Genesis 50:20 — As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.
- Exodus 1:11 — Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh…
- Exodus 4:5 — “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and…
- Exodus 8:6 — Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like…
- Exodus 8:18 — I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to…