יַעַן yaan

Hebrew word for “because” · Strong’s H3282 · used 99 times in 94 verses

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Meaning

conj; 1) because, therefore, because that, on account of; prep; 2) because of, on account of; 3) why (with interrogative pron)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yaan in context, with how often each is used:

• because 96
• cause 3

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 25 (5), Ezekiel 36 (4), 1 Kings 14 (3), 1 Kings 20 (3), Jeremiah 29 (3), Ezekiel 5 (3), Ezekiel 13 (3), 1 Kings 11 (2), 1 Kings 21 (2), 2 Kings 21 (2)

Forms

• יען 96
• וביען 2
• ביען 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yaan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כֹּה koh “thus” 31
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 24
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 25
• כֵּן ken “so” 21
• זֶה zeh “this” 17
• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 12
• לֵבָב levav “heart” 9
• מָאַס maas “to reject” 7
• אֲנִי ani “I” 11
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 12
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 11
• דָּבָר davar “word” 12

Key verses

The verses using yaan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 15:23 — For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected…
• 1 Kings 21:20 — And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 22:19 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants…
• Proverbs 1:24 — Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
• Isaiah 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me,…
• Isaiah 37:29 — Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn…
• Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
• Ezekiel 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations,…
• Ezekiel 13:22 — Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return…
• Ezekiel 24:13 — In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused…
• Ezekiel 28:2 — Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God,…
• Hosea 8:1 — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.