מַעַן maan

Hebrew word for “because” · Strong’s H4616 · used 272 times in 252 verses

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Meaning

1) purpose, intent prep;

How it is translated

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

• that 138
• as 66
• sake 44
• account 16
• own sake 7
• ¿ for sake 1

Where it is used

Also in 17 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 11 (6), Deuteronomy 8 (5), Ezekiel 20 (5), Deuteronomy 5 (4), Deuteronomy 29 (4), 1 Kings 8 (4), Psalms 119 (4), Isaiah 43 (4), Jeremiah 7 (4), Ezekiel 22 (4)

Forms

• למען 243
• ולמען 17
• למעני 6
• למענכם 4
• הלמענך 1
• למענך 1

Words used with it

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

• יָדַע yada “to know” 39
• שֵׁם shem “name” 33
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 22
• אָב av “father” 26
• ךָּ ka “you” 21
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 24
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 20
• זֶה zeh “this” 22
• זֹאת zot “this” 18
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 21
• אָרַךְ arakh “to prolong” 10
• יָטַב yatav “be good” 12

Key verses

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

• Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the…
• Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
• Deuteronomy 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land…
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• Deuteronomy 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination…
• Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
• Isaiah 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Isaiah 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know;…
• Isaiah 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall…
• Jeremiah 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Ezekiel 22:12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast…
• Micah 6:16 — For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the…

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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.