Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H4616מַ֫עַןma.an
becausePart of speech: Hebrew Preposition OR Conjunction
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272 occurrences in 252 verses
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Say, 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.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
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 LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
וּלְמַ֛עַן (לְמַ֛עַן) le.Ma.'an “so as”
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him:
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.
וּלְמַ֡עַן (לְמַ֡עַן) le.Ma.'an “so that”
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
לְמַ֣עַן׀ le.Ma.'an “so that”
Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
לְמַעַן֮ le.ma.'An “so that”