LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4616 - maʿan

Choose a new font size and typeface
מַעַן
Transliteration
maʿan
Pronunciation
mah'-an
Listen
Part of Speech
preposition, substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1650g

Strong’s Definitions

מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's H4616 in the following manner: that, for, to, to the end, because of, lest, to the intent.
  1. purpose, intent

    preposition
    1. for the sake of

    2. in view of, on account of

    3. for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to

      conjunction
    4. to the end that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעַן maʻan, mah'-an; from H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:—because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to.
STRONGS H4616: Abbreviations
[מַ֫עַן] substantive purpose, intent, only with לְ, in לְמַ֫עַן 271 preposition and conjunction for the sake of, on account of, to the intent or in order that (abbreviated from מַעֲנֶה : compare מַ֫עַל; Köii. 116); — with suffix לְמַעֲנִי, לְמַעַנְךָ, and לְמַעַנְכֶם; —
1. preposition: —
a. Genesis 18:24 wilt thou... not spare the place למען חמשׁים הציקים for the sake of the 50 righteous? Deuteronomy 30:6 חַיֶּיךָ ל׳ for thy life's sake, 1 Kings 8:41 the foreigner who comer from afar שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ל׳, Isaiah 43:14 לְמַעַנְכֶם שִׁלַּחְתִּי בָבֶ֫לָה, Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 62:1 ציון ל׳, Isaiah 63:17 עבדיך ל׳, Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 36:22 (twice in verse); Job 18:4; Psalm 122:8; Psalm 122:9; (עַבְדִּי ד׳) לְמַעַן דָּוִד, i.e. for the sake of David's memory, and the promises given to him, † 1 Kings 11:12, 13, 32, 34; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), Isaiah 20:6 (all D2); לְמַעֲנִי (of י׳) for my own sake, i.e. to vindicate my name, † 2 Kings 19:34 (= Isaiah 37:35), 2 Kings 20:6; Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִי לְמַעֲנִי אֶעֲשֶׁה, so לְמַעַנְךָ Daniel 9:19, אֲדֹנָי ל׳ Daniel 9:17; י׳ is said (or entreated) to act (שִׁמְךָ, שְׁמִי) לְמַעַן שְׁמוֺ i.e. to maintain his reputation, or character, † Psalm 23:3; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 79:9; Psalm 106:8; Psalm 143:11; Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ezekiel 20:9, 14, 22, 44; Isaiah 48:9; simile חַסְדְּךָ ל׳ (i.e. to maintain it consistently) † Psalm 6:5; Psalm 44:27, טוּבְךָ ל׳Psalm 25:7, צִדְקוֺ ל׳Isaiah 42:21.
b. In view of, on account of (but not expressing causation distinctly, like מִן 2f, or מִפְּנֵי), Deuteronomy 3:26 בי לְמַעַנְכֶם ויתעבר י׳ on your account, 1 Kings 11:39 זֹאת ל׳ in view of this, שׁוֺרֲרַי ל׳ on account of my watchful foes, † Psalm 5:9; Psalm 27:11, צורריך ל׳ Psalm 8:3, simil. Psalm 69:19; Psalm 48:12 (Psalm 97:8) משׁפטיך ישמח הר ציון ֗֗֗ ל׳ in view of thy judgments.
c. Following infinitive Genesis 18:19 לְמַעַן הָבִיא י׳ for the purpose of J.'s bringing = to the intent that J. might bring, Genesis 37:22 הַצִּיל ל׳ in order to rescue, Genesis 50:20; Exodus 1:11; Exodus 9:16; Exodus 10:1, etc., Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 6:28, etc., 2 Kings 10:19; Jeremiah 7:10, 18; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 50:34 (on הִרגיע, see עַד 2a b), Ezekiel 14:5; Ezekiel 21:5; Ezekiel 22:6 etc., Ezekiel 36:5, + often (Köiii.595 f.). Once, pleonastic, לְמַעַן לָמוּג לֵב Ezekiel 21:20 (compare כַּעֲבוּר לְ 1 Chronicles 19:3; but read probably הִמּוֺג).
2. conjunction (followed by imperfect): —
a. לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר Genesis 18:19 I have known him אשׁר יְצַוֶּה ל׳ to the end that he might command, etc., Deuteronomy 27:3; Joshua 3:4; 2 Samuel 13:5; Jeremiah 42:6; more often
b. without אשׁר, as Genesis 12:13 לְמַעַן יִיטַב לִי, Genesis 27:25; Exodus 4:5 יאמינו ל׳, Exodus 8:6; Exodus 8:18; Exodus 9:29; Exodus 10:2; Isaiah 5:19; Isaiah 23:16; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 30:13; Psalm 48:14 + often (Köiii. 571).
c. Following לֹא
(b) לֹא ל׳Ezekiel 14:11; Ezekiel 19:9; Ezekiel 25:10; Ezekiel 26:20; Zechariah 12:7; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:80; Psalm 125:3 (Köiii. 574. Less common than לְבִלְתִּי or מִן with infinitive, or פֶּן־.
Note 1.לְמַעַן is always in order that, never merely so that ἐκβατικῶς); but sometimes, in rhetorical passages, the issue of a line of action, though really undesigned, is represented by it ironically as if it were designed: Deuteronomy 29:18 (see Dr) סְפוֺת וגו׳ וְהִתְבָּרֵךְ כִּלְבָבוֺ ֗֗֗ ל׳ and he congratulate himself... in order to sweep away the moistened with the dry (i.e. to destroy all together), Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 44:9 יֵבוֺשׁוּ בל יראו ובל ידעו ל׳ in orer that they may be put to shame, Jeremiah 7:18 הַכְעִיסֵנִי ל׳, Jeremiah 7:19 פְּנֵיהֶם בּשֶׁת ל׳, Jeremiah 27:10, 15; Jeremiah 32:29; Hosea 8:4 their silver, etc., they have made into idols יִכָרֵת ל׳ in order that it may be cut off (of course, not the real purpose of the idolatry), Amos 2:7; Micah 6:16: compare Psalm 51:6 (see Comn.) in order that thou mightest be just when thou judgest (that is, by manifesting thy justice in judgement on my sin). compare bdb077501 Qor 28:7 (FlKl. Schr. i. 397 f.).
Note 2. — In Joshua 4:24 for the anomalous יְרָאתֶם ל׳, read infinitive יִרְאָתָם ל׳ in order that they might fear (Dr§ 14 Obs.): Nehemiah 6:13 לְמַעַן שָׂכוּר הוּא לְמַעַן אִירָא (si vera lectio) the first ל׳ points forwards, to this intent was he hired, to the intent that I should be afraid. — On Proverbs 16:4, see מַעֵנֶה above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:13; 18:19; 18:19; 18:24; 27:25; 37:22; 50:20

Exodus

1:11; 4:5; 8:6; 8:18; 9:16; 9:29; 10:1; 10:2

Numbers

17:5

Deuteronomy

2:30; 3:26; 20:18; 27:3; 29:18; 30:6

Joshua

3:4; 4:24

2 Samuel

13:5

1 Kings

8:41; 11:12; 11:13; 11:32; 11:34; 11:39; 15:4

2 Kings

8:19; 10:19; 19:34; 19:34; 20:6

1 Chronicles

19:3

Nehemiah

6:13

Job

18:4

Psalms

5:9; 6:5; 8:3; 9:15; 23:3; 25:7; 25:11; 27:11; 31:4; 48:12; 48:14; 51:6; 69:19; 79:9; 97:8; 106:8; 119:11; 119:80; 122:8; 122:9; 125:3; 143:11

Proverbs

16:4

Isaiah

5:19; 20:6; 23:16; 30:1; 37:35; 37:35; 42:21; 43:14; 43:25; 44:9; 45:4; 48:9; 48:11; 62:1; 63:17; 65:8

Jeremiah

7:10; 7:18; 7:18; 7:19; 11:5; 14:7; 14:21; 27:10; 27:15; 32:29; 42:6; 50:34

Ezekiel

14:5; 14:11; 19:9; 20:9; 20:14; 20:22; 20:44; 21:5; 21:20; 22:6; 25:10; 26:20; 31:14; 36:5; 36:22; 36:30; 46:18

Daniel

9:17; 9:19

Hosea

8:4

Amos

2:7

Micah

6:16

Zechariah

12:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4616 matches the Hebrew מַעַן (maʿan),
which occurs 272 times in 252 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Ki 13:23–Psa 125:3)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But Yahweh was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because H4616 of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not bring them to ruin or cast them from His presence until now.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:34 - ‘Indeed I will defend this city to save it for My own sake H4616 and for My servant David’s sake H4616.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:6 - “And I will add fifteen years to your [fn]life, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake H4616 and for My servant David’s sake H4616.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath is set aflame against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 -

Moreover, the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the detestable things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah purged in order that he might [fn]establish the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - “So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek after all the commandments of Yahweh your God so H4616 that you may possess the good land and cause your sons after you to inherit it forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:31 - that they may [fn]fear You, to walk in Your ways all the days they live upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 -

“Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, if he comes from a far country for Your great name’s sake H4616 and Your strong hand and Your outstretched arm, so if they come and pray toward this house,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then listen from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order H4616 that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name even to [fn]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God, that Yahweh might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:7 - However, Yahweh was not willing to make the house of David a ruin because H4616 of the covenant which He had cut with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 -

But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, that He might give them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - Also he said to the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the law of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - And they called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to instill fear and terrify them, so H4616 that they might capture the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - “Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore My wrath will be poured out against this place, and it shall not be quenched.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - ‘So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as a possession to your sons forever.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - He was hired for this H4616 reason H4616, that I might become afraid and act accordingly and sin, so that they could give me a bad name in order H4616 that they could reproach me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 -

“O [fn]you who tear yourself in your anger

For your sake H4616 is the earth to be forsaken,

Or the rock to be moved from its place?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 -

Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,

For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,

So H4616 that you may know there is judgment.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:8 -

“Will you really annul My judgment?

Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:8 -

O Yahweh, lead me in Your righteousness because H4616 of [fn]my foes;

Make Your way [fn]straight before me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:4 -

Return, O Yahweh, rescue my [fn]soul;

Save me because H4616 of Your lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -

From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established [fn]strength

Because H4616 of Your adversaries,

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:14 -

That I may recount all Your praises,

That in the gates of the daughter of Zion

I may rejoice in Your [fn]salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:3 -

He restores my soul;

He guides me in the [fn]paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake H4616.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:7 -

Heth

Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;

According to Your lovingkindness remember me,

For the sake H4616 of Your goodness, O Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 -

Lamedh

For Your name’s sake H4616, O Yahweh,

Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 -

Instruct me in Your way, O Yahweh,

And lead me in a level path

Because H4616 of [fn]my foes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:12 -

That my [fn]glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.

O Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 -

For You are my [fn]high rock and my fortress;

For Your name’s sake H4616 You will lead me and guide me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26 -

Rise up, be our help,

And redeem us for the sake H4616 of Your lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:11 -

Let Mount Zion be glad,

Let the daughters of Judah rejoice

Because H4616 of Your judgments.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 -

Consider her ramparts;

Go through her palaces,

That you may recount it to the next generation.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:4 -

Against You, You only, I have sinned

And done what is evil in Your sight,

So H4616 that You [fn]are justified [fn]when You speak

And pure when You judge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:5 -

That Your beloved may be rescued,

Save with Your right hand, and answer [fn]us!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:23 -

That [fn]your foot may crush them in blood,

The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:18 -

Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it;

Ransom me because H4616 of my enemies!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6 -

That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,

That they may arise and recount them to their children,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:9 -

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;

And deliver us and atone for our sins for Your name’s sake H4616.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:8 -

Zion [fn]heard this and was glad,

And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced

Because H4616 of Your judgments, O Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:8 -

Yet He saved them for the sake H4616 of His name,

That He might make His might known.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:6 -

That Your beloved may be rescued,

Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 -

But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name’s sake H4616;

Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:11 -

Your word I have treasured in my heart,

That I may not sin against You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:71 -

It is good for me that I was afflicted,

That I may learn Your statutes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:80 -

May my heart be [fn]blameless in Your statutes,

So that I will not be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 -

I have restrained my feet from every evil way,

That I may keep Your word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:8 -

For the sake H4616 of my brothers and my friends,

I will now say, “May peace be within you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:9 -

For the sake H4616 of the house of Yahweh our God,

I will seek your good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:3 -

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the [fn]land of the righteous,

So that the righteous would not send forth their hands in unrighteousness.


BLB Notice
BLB Services Alert

Some of BLB's resources have been impacted by Hurricane Helene, affecting the delivery of Daily Devotional emails to subscribers. Local personnel are working on restoring services as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and prayers during this time.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB

Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Genesis Chapter 1 — Additional Translations: