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מַ֫עַןStrong’s H4616maan (ma-an)
Appears in 252 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maan is the Hebrew word usually translated “so that”, “so as” and “sake of”. It appears in 252 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.”
Meaning
- Purpose, intent prepfor the sake of · in view of, on account of · for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj · to the end that
How it's translated
- so that 132
- so as 62
- for sake of 34
- on account of 15
- and for sake of 7
- and so that 6
- for own sake my 6
- and so as 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 44
- Ezekiel 35
- Psalms 32
- Isaiah 24
- Jeremiah 23
- Exodus 16
29 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:19In contextO Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
- Zechariah 12:7In contextThe LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
- Zechariah 13:4In contextAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
- Genesis 12:13Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
- Genesis 18:19For 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 LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Genesis 18:24Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
All 252 verses, by book
- Deuteronomy 44
- 2:303:264:14:405:145:165:295:336:26:186:238:18:28:38:168:189:511:811:911:2112:2512:2813:1714:2314:2916:316:2017:1617:1917:2020:1822:723:2024:1925:1527:329:629:929:1329:1930:630:1931:1231:19
- 2 Samuel 1
- 13:5
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 28:8
- Ezra 1
- 9:12
- Nehemiah 1
- 6:13
- Psalms 32
- 5:86:48:29:1423:325:725:1127:1130:1231:344:2648:1148:1351:460:568:2369:1878:679:997:8106:8108:6109:21119:11119:71119:80119:101122:8122:9125:3130:4143:11
- Isaiah 24
- 5:1923:1628:1330:137:3541:2042:2143:1043:1443:2543:2644:945:345:445:648:948:1149:755:562:163:1765:866:566:11
- Jeremiah 23
- 4:147:107:187:197:2310:1811:514:714:2125:727:1027:1532:1432:2932:3535:736:342:643:344:844:2950:3451:39
- Ezekiel 35
- 4:176:611:2012:1612:1914:514:1116:5416:6319:920:920:1420:2220:2620:4421:1021:1521:2822:622:922:1222:2723:2124:1125:1026:2031:1436:536:2236:3036:3238:1639:1240:446:18
- Hosea 1
- 8:4
- Joel 1
- 3:6
- Obadiah 1
- 1:9
Hebrew dictionary
מַ֫עַן maan · 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.