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H4616מַ֫עַןma.an

becausePart of speech: Hebrew Preposition OR Conjunction

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 48
  6. 8
  7. 2
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 16
  12. 9
  13. 1
  14. 9
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. 32
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 28
  24. 24
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 37
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 4
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 2
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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272 occurrences in 252 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 12:13

    Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  2. Genesis 18:19

    For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  3. Genesis 18:24

    If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

    לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

  4. Genesis 27:25

    And he said, Put it before me and I will take of my son's meat, so that I may give you a blessing. And he put it before him and he took it; and he gave him wine, and he had a drink.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  5. Genesis 37:22

    Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  6. Genesis 50:20

    As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  7. Exodus 1:11

    So they put overseers of forced work over them, in order to make their strength less by the weight of their work. And they made store-towns for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  8. Exodus 4:5

    So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by you.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  9. Exodus 8:10

    And he said, By tomorrow. And he said, Let it be as you say: so that you may see that there is no other like the Lord our God.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  10. Exodus 8:22

    And at that time I will make a division between your land and the land of Goshen where my people are, and no flies will be there; so that you may see that I am the Lord over all the earth.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  11. Exodus 9:16

    But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.

    וּלְמַ֛עַן (לְמַ֛עַן) le.Ma.'an “so as”

  12. Exodus 9:29

    And Moses said, When I am gone outside the town, my hands will be stretched out to the Lord; the thunders and the ice-storm will come to an end, so that you may see that the earth is the Lord's.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  13. Exodus 10:1

    And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  14. Exodus 10:2

    And so that you may be able to give to your son and to your son's son the story of my wonders in Egypt, and the signs which I have done among them; so that you may see that I am the Lord.

    וּלְמַ֡עַן (לְמַ֡עַן) le.Ma.'an “so that”

  15. Exodus 11:7

    But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  16. Exodus 11:9

    And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.

    לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  17. Exodus 13:9

    And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  18. Exodus 16:4

    Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

    לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  19. Exodus 16:32

    And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.

    לְמַ֣עַן׀ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  20. Exodus 20:12

    Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  21. Exodus 23:12

    For six days do your work, and on the seventh day keep the Sabbath; so that your ox and your ass may have rest, together with the son of your servant and the man from a strange land living among you.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  22. Exodus 33:13

    If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  23. Leviticus 17:5

    So that the children of Israel may take to the Lord, to the door of the Tent of meeting and to the priest, the offerings which they have put to death in the open country, and that they may make their peace-offerings to the Lord.

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

  24. Leviticus 20:3

    And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  25. Leviticus 23:43

    So that future generations may keep in mind how I gave the children of Israel tents as their living-places when I took them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

    לְמַעַן֮ le.ma.'An “so that”