מַ֫עַן
for the sake of
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Page 1 of 2 — showing verses 1–200 of 252 distinct verses where H4616 appears, across 29 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 6 verses
- Genesis 12:13 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
- Genesis 18:19 לְמַעַן֩ לְמַ֗עַן prep prep For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 18:24 לְמַ֛עַן prep What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are therein?
- Genesis 27:25 לְמַ֥עַן prep He said, "Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless you." He brought it near to him, and he ate. He brought him wine, and he drank.
- Genesis 37:22 לְמַ֗עַן prep Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him"-- that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.
- Genesis 50:20 לְמַ֗עַן prep As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
Exodus 16 verses
- Exodus 1:11 לְמַ֥עַן prep Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses.
- Exodus 4:5 לְמַ֣עַן prep "That they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
- Exodus 8:10 לְמַ֣עַן prep He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.
- Exodus 8:22 לְמַ֣עַן prep I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth.
- Exodus 9:16 וּ/לְמַ֛עַן conj + prep but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;
- Exodus 9:29 לְמַ֣עַן prep Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
- Exodus 10:1 לְמַ֗עַן prep Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
- Exodus 10:2 וּ/לְמַ֡עַן conj + prep and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh."
- Exodus 11:7 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep But against any of the children of Israel a dog won't even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal; that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
- Exodus 11:9 לְמַ֛עַן prep Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 13:9 לְמַ֗עַן prep It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.
- Exodus 16:4 לְמַ֧עַן prep Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
- Exodus 16:32 לְמַ֣עַן prep Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 20:12 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Exodus 23:12 לְמַ֣עַן prep "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
- Exodus 33:13 לְמַ֥עַן prep Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
Leviticus 3 verses
- Leviticus 17:5 לְמַעַן֩ prep This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 20:3 לְמַ֗עַן prep I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
- Leviticus 23:43 לְמַעַן֮ prep 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 Yahweh your God.'"
Numbers 4 verses
- Numbers 15:40 לְמַ֣עַן prep that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
- Numbers 16:40 לְ֠מַעַן prep to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before Yahweh; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
- Numbers 27:20 לְמַ֣עַן prep You shall put of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
- Numbers 36:8 לְמַ֗עַן prep Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Deuteronomy 44 verses
- Deuteronomy 2:30 לְמַ֛עַן prep But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 3:26 לְמַ֣עַנְ/כֶ֔ם prep + sfx pers 2mp But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.
- Deuteronomy 4:1 לְמַ֣עַן prep Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 וּ/לְמַ֨עַן conj + prep You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh your God gives you, forever.
- Deuteronomy 5:14 לְמַ֗עַן prep but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God: [in it] you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your man-servant, nor your maid-servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your man-servant and your maid-servant may rest as well as you.
- Deuteronomy 5:16 לְמַ֣עַן וּ/לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep conj + prep "Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 5:29 לְמַ֨עַן prep Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
- Deuteronomy 5:33 לְמַ֤עַן prep You shall walk in all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess.
- Deuteronomy 6:2 לְמַ֨עַן וּ/לְמַ֖עַן prep conj + prep that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
- Deuteronomy 6:18 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep You shall do that which is right and good in the sight of Yahweh; that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which Yahweh swore to your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 6:23 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
- Deuteronomy 8:1 לְמַ֨עַן prep All the commandment which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
- Deuteronomy 8:2 לְמַ֨עַן prep You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
- Deuteronomy 8:3 לְמַ֣עַן prep He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.
- Deuteronomy 8:16 לְמַ֣עַן וּ/לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep conj + prep who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn't know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
- Deuteronomy 8:18 לְמַ֨עַן prep But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 וּ/לְמַ֜עַן conj + prep Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 11:8 לְמַ֣עַן prep Therefore shall you keep all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go over to possess it;
- Deuteronomy 11:9 וּ/לְמַ֨עַן conj + prep and that you may prolong your days in the land, which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 11:21 לְמַ֨עַן prep that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.
- Deuteronomy 12:25 לְמַ֨עַן prep You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 לְמַעַן֩ prep Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 13:17 לְמַעַן֩ prep There shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;
- Deuteronomy 14:23 לְמַ֣עַן prep You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 לְמַ֤עַן prep and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
- Deuteronomy 16:3 לְמַ֣עַן prep You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
- Deuteronomy 16:20 לְמַ֤עַן prep That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 17:16 לְמַ֖עַן prep Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that way.
- Deuteronomy 17:19 לְמַ֣עַן prep and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
- Deuteronomy 17:20 לְמַעַן֩ prep that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 20:18 לְמַ֗עַן prep that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so would you sin against Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 22:7 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep you shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.
- Deuteronomy 23:20 לְמַ֨עַן prep to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 24:19 לְמַ֤עַן prep When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to get it: it shall be for the foreigner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
- Deuteronomy 25:15 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep A perfect and just weight shall you have; a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Deuteronomy 27:3 לְמַ֡עַן prep and you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over; that you may go in to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 29:6 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 29:9 לְמַ֣עַן prep Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
- Deuteronomy 29:13 לְמַ֣עַן prep that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 לְמַ֛עַן prep and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
- Deuteronomy 30:6 לְמַ֥עַן prep Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
- Deuteronomy 30:19 לְמַ֥עַן prep I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
- Deuteronomy 31:12 לְמַ֨עַן וּ/לְמַ֣עַן prep conj + prep Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
- Deuteronomy 31:19 לְמַ֨עַן prep Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Joshua 6 verses
- Joshua 1:7 לְמַ֣עַן prep Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- Joshua 1:8 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- Joshua 3:4 לְמַ֤עַן prep Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way heretofore.
- Joshua 4:6 לְמַ֗עַן prep that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What do you mean by these stones?
- Joshua 4:24 לְ֠מַעַן לְמַ֧עַן prep prep that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.
- Joshua 11:20 לְמַ֣עַן לְמַ֣עַן prep prep For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 2:22 לְמַ֛עַן prep that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
- Judges 3:2 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing of it:
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 15:15 לְמַ֥עַן prep Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 לְמַ֛עַן prep Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 14 verses
- 1 Kings 2:3 לְמַ֣עַן prep and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
- 1 Kings 2:4 לְמַעַן֩ prep That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:40 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:41 לְמַ֥עַן prep Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake
- 1 Kings 8:43 לְמַ֣עַן prep hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
- 1 Kings 8:60 לְמַ֗עַן prep that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God; there is none else.
- 1 Kings 11:12 לְמַ֖עַן prep Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
- 1 Kings 11:13 לְמַ֨עַן֙ וּ/לְמַ֥עַן prep conj + prep However I will not tear away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to your son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
- 1 Kings 11:32 לְמַ֣עַן וּ/לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep conj + prep (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);
- 1 Kings 11:34 לְמַ֨עַן prep However I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;
- 1 Kings 11:36 לְמַ֣עַן prep To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
- 1 Kings 11:39 לְמַ֣עַן prep I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not forever.
- 1 Kings 12:15 לְמַ֜עַן prep So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 15:4 לְמַ֣עַן prep Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;
2 Kings 7 verses
- 2 Kings 8:19 לְמַ֖עַן prep However Yahweh would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.
- 2 Kings 10:19 לְמַ֥עַן prep Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
- 2 Kings 13:23 לְמַ֣עַן prep But Yahweh was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
- 2 Kings 19:34 לְמַֽעֲנִ֔/י וּ/לְמַ֖עַן prep + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- 2 Kings 20:6 לְמַֽעֲנִ֔/י וּ/לְמַ֖עַן prep + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- 2 Kings 22:17 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep 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 shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Kings 23:24 לְ֠מַעַן prep Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 9 verses
- 2 Chronicles 6:31 לְמַ֣עַן prep that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 לְמַ֨עַן prep Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- 2 Chronicles 6:33 לְמַ֣עַן prep then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- 2 Chronicles 10:15 לְמַעַן֩ prep So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 2 Chronicles 21:7 לְמַ֣עַן prep However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
- 2 Chronicles 25:20 לְמַ֖עַן prep But Amaziah would not hear; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they had sought after the gods of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 31:4 לְמַ֥עַן prep Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 32:18 לְמַ֖עַן prep They cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep 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 is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 3 verses
- Job 18:4 הַ֭/לְמַעַנְ/ךָ ptcl inter + prep + sfx pers 2ms You who tear yourself in your anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
- Job 19:29 לְמַ֖עַן prep Be afraid of the sword, For wrath brings the punishments of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."
- Job 40:8 לְמַ֣עַן prep Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Psalms 32 verses
- Psalms 5:8 לְמַ֥עַן prep Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
- Psalms 6:4 לְמַ֣עַן prep Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, And save me for your loving kindness' sake.
- Psalms 8:2 לְמַ֥עַן prep From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, Because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
- Psalms 9:14 לְמַ֥עַן prep That I may show forth all your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
- Psalms 23:3 לְמַ֣עַן prep He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
- Psalms 25:7 לְמַ֖עַן prep Don't remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, For your goodness' sake, Yahweh.
- Psalms 25:11 לְמַֽעַן prep For your name's sake, Yahweh, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
- Psalms 27:11 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
- Psalms 30:12 לְמַ֤עַן prep To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- Psalms 31:3 וּ/לְמַ֥עַן conj + prep For you are my rock and my fortress, Therefore for your name's sake lead me and guide me.
- Psalms 44:26 לְמַ֣עַן prep Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake.
- Psalms 48:11 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
- Psalms 48:13 לְמַ֥עַן prep Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation.
- Psalms 51:4 לְ֭מַעַן prep Against you, and you only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in your sight; That you may be proved right when you speak, And justified when you judge.
- Psalms 60:5 לְ֭מַעַן prep So that your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
- Psalms 68:23 לְמַ֤עַן prep That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, That the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."
- Psalms 69:18 לְמַ֖עַן prep Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
- Psalms 78:6 לְמַ֤עַן prep That the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; Who should arise and tell their children,
- Psalms 79:9 לְמַ֣עַן prep Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name's sake.
- Psalms 97:8 לְמַ֖עַן prep Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of your judgments, Yahweh.
- Psalms 106:8 לְמַ֣עַן prep Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, That he might make his mighty power known.
- Psalms 108:6 לְ֭מַעַן prep That your beloved may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer us.
- Psalms 109:21 לְמַ֣עַן prep But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;
- Psalms 119:11 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep I have hidden your word in my heart, That I might not sin against you.
- Psalms 119:71 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.
- Psalms 119:80 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, That I may not be disappointed.
- Psalms 119:101 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep I have kept my feet from every evil way, That I might observe your word.
- Psalms 122:8 לְ֭מַעַן prep For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."
- Psalms 122:9 לְ֭מַעַן prep For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
- Psalms 125:3 לְמַ֡עַן prep For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; So that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
- Psalms 130:4 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep But there is forgiveness with you, Therefore you are feared.
- Psalms 143:11 לְמַֽעַן prep Revive me, Yahweh, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
Proverbs 3 verses
- Proverbs 2:20 לְמַ֗עַן prep That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:24 לְמַ֥עַן prep The path of life leads upward for the wise, To keep him from going downward to Sheol.
- Proverbs 19:20 לְ֝מַ֗עַן prep Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.
Isaiah 24 verses
- Isaiah 5:19 לְמַ֣עַן prep Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it!"
- Isaiah 23:16 לְמַ֖עַן prep Take a harp, go about the city, you prostitute that has been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered.
- Isaiah 28:13 לְמַ֨עַן prep Therefore shall the word of Yahweh be to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, there a little; that they may go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
- Isaiah 30:1 לְמַ֛עַן prep Woe to the rebellious children, says Yahweh, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,
- Isaiah 37:35 לְמַֽעֲנִ֔/י וּ/לְמַ֖עַן prep + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
- Isaiah 41:20 לְמַ֧עַן prep that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Yahweh has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.
- Isaiah 42:21 לְמַ֣עַן prep It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness' sake, to magnify the law, and make it honorable.
- Isaiah 43:10 לְמַ֣עַן prep You are my witnesses, says Yahweh, and my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
- Isaiah 43:14 לְמַעַנְ/כֶ֞ם prep + sfx pers 2mp Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing.
- Isaiah 43:25 לְמַעֲנִ֑/י prep + sfx pers 1cs I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- Isaiah 43:26 לְמַ֥עַן prep Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set you forth [your cause], that you may be justified.
- Isaiah 44:9 לְמַ֥עַן prep Those who fashion an engraved image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses don't see, nor know: that they may be disappointed.
- Isaiah 45:3 לְמַ֣עַן prep and I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, Yahweh, who call you by your name, even the God of Israel.
- Isaiah 45:4 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me.
- Isaiah 45:6 לְמַ֣עַן prep that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me: I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.
- Isaiah 48:9 לְמַ֤עַן prep For my name's sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I not cut you off.
- Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִ֧/י לְמַעֲנִ֛/י prep + sfx pers 1cs prep + sfx pers 1cs For my own sake, for my own sake, will I do it; for how should [my name] be profaned? and my glory I will not give to another.
- Isaiah 49:7 לְמַ֤עַן prep Thus says Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, [and] his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, [even] the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
- Isaiah 55:5 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.
- Isaiah 62:1 לְמַ֤עַן וּ/לְמַ֥עַן prep conj + prep For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
- Isaiah 63:17 לְמַ֣עַן prep O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
- Isaiah 65:8 לְמַ֣עַן prep Thus says Yahweh, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, Don't destroy it, for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.
- Isaiah 66:5 לְמַ֤עַן prep Hear the word of Yahweh, you who tremble at his word: Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is those who shall be disappointed.
- Isaiah 66:11 לְמַ֤עַן לְמַ֧עַן prep prep that you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Jeremiah 23 verses
- Jeremiah 4:14 לְמַ֖עַן prep Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Jeremiah 7:10 לְמַ֣עַן prep and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
- Jeremiah 7:18 לְמַ֖עַן prep The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:19 לְמַ֖עַן prep Do they provoke me to anger? says Yahweh; [do they] not [provoke] themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?
- Jeremiah 7:23 לְמַ֖עַן prep but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk you in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
- Jeremiah 10:18 לְמַ֥עַן prep For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].
- Jeremiah 11:5 לְמַעַן֩ prep that I may establish the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I, and said, Amen, Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 14:7 לְמַ֣עַן prep Though our iniquities testify against us, work you for your name's sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
- Jeremiah 14:21 לְמַ֣עַן prep Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us.
- Jeremiah 25:7 לְמַ֧עַן prep Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.
- Jeremiah 27:10 לְמַ֨עַן prep for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
- Jeremiah 27:15 לְמַ֨עַן prep For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.
- Jeremiah 32:14 לְמַ֥עַן prep Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.
- Jeremiah 32:29 לְמַ֖עַן prep and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
- Jeremiah 32:35 לְמַ֖עַן prep They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] to Molech; which I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
- Jeremiah 35:7 לְמַ֨עַן prep neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.
- Jeremiah 36:3 לְמַ֣עַן prep It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
- Jeremiah 42:6 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 43:3 לְמַעַן֩ prep but Baruch the son of Neriah sets you on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captive to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 44:8 לְמַ֨עַן֙ וּ/לְמַ֤עַן prep conj + prep in that you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are gone to sojourn; that you may be cut off, and that you may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
- Jeremiah 44:29 לְמַ֨עַן֙ prep This shall be the sign to you, says Yahweh, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
מען — transliterated maʻan — is a Hebrew word carrying the sense “for the sake of.” BDB distinguishes 5 senses for it. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 252 verses — common. Debuting at Genesis 12:13, it then recurs through the corpus. It shares a root with ענה, מענה and ענה. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4616 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 252
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 252 distinct verses.
- 29 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 29 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #182
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 182 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 252 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Deuteronomy 44 verses 17%
- Ezekiel 35 verses 14%
- Psalms 32 verses 13%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 252 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 127 verses · 50%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 73 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 52 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: For 2×
- American Standard Version: For 2×, That 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: That 120×, Sake 30×, To 18×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: That 121×, Sake of 28×, Order to 20×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4616 across 9 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4616 across 9 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4616 across 254 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 21 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 17 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4616 across 267 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in BDB
The 5 senses BDB distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- purpose, intent
- for the sake of
- in view of, on account of
- for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conjunction
- to the end that
Word origin
[ מַ֫עַן ] subst. purpose, intent, only with לְ, in לְמַ֫עַן 271 prep. and conj. for the sake of, on account of, to the intent or in order that
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ענה (ʻânâh) (H6030) — to answer.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מען
- , Lev. R. s. 32 מתמענת, v. מָעַט.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 38 distinct written forms H4616 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַ֣עַן | Preposition | Amos 5:14 | 60 |
| לְמַ֥עַן | Preposition | Amos 2:7 | 27 |
| לְמַ֖עַן | Preposition | Amos 1:13 | 25 |
| לְמַ֨עַן֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 6:18 | 25 |
| לְמַ֨עַן | Preposition | Amos 9:12 | 21 |
| לְמַ֤עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:33 | 16 |
| לְמַ֗עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:14 | 14 |
| לְמַעַן֩ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 12:28 | 12 |
| לְמַ֛עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 2:30 | 9 |
| לְ֝מַ֗עַן | Preposition | Proverbs 19:20 | 8 |
| לְמַ֧עַן | Preposition | Exodus 16:4 | 6 |
| לְ֭מַעַן | Preposition | Psalms 51:4 | 5 |
| וּ/לְמַ֖עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 6:2 | 4 |
| לְ֠מַעַן | Preposition | Ezekiel 14:11 | 4 |
| וּ/לְמַ֥עַן | Preposition | 1 Kings 11:13 | 3 |
| וּ/לְמַ֨עַן֙ | Preposition | Deuteronomy 5:16 | 3 |
| לְמַ֡עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 27:3 | 3 |
| לְמַֽעֲנִ֔/י | Preposition | 2 Kings 19:34 | 3 |
| לְמַֽעַן | Preposition | Nehemiah 6:13 | 3 |
| וּ/לְמַ֨עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 4:40 | 2 |
| לְמַ֜עַן | Preposition | Ezekiel 12:19 | 2 |
| הַ֭/לְמַעַנְ/ךָ | Preposition | Job 18:4 | 1 |
| וּ/לְמַ֛עַן | Preposition | Exodus 9:16 | 1 |
| וּ/לְמַ֜עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 9:5 | 1 |
| וּ/לְמַ֡עַן | Preposition | Exodus 10:2 | 1 |
| וּ/לְמַ֣עַן | Preposition | Deuteronomy 31:12 | 1 |
| וּ/לְמַ֤עַן | Preposition | Jeremiah 44:8 | 1 |
| לְמַ֕עַן | Preposition | Micah 6:5 | 1 |
| לְמַ֣עַנְ/כֶ֔ם | Preposition | Deuteronomy 3:26 | 1 |
| לְמַֽעֲנְ/ךָ֣ | Preposition | Daniel 9:19 | 1 |
| לְמַעֲנִ֑/י | Preposition | Isaiah 43:25 | 1 |
| לְמַעֲנִ֛/י | Preposition | Isaiah 48:11 | 1 |
| לְמַעֲנִ֧/י | Preposition | Isaiah 48:11 | 1 |
| לְמַעַן | Preposition | Ezekiel 21:10 | 1 |
| לְמַעַן֮ | Preposition | Leviticus 23:43 | 1 |
| לְמַעַנְ/כֶ֛ם | Preposition | Ezekiel 36:22 | 1 |
| לְמַעַנְ/כֶ֞ם | Preposition | Isaiah 43:14 | 1 |
| לְמַעַנְ/כֶ֣ם | Preposition | Ezekiel 36:32 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4616, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 232 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 252 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 12:13
- Exodus 1:11
- Leviticus 17:5
- Numbers 15:40
- Deuteronomy 2:30
- Joshua 1:7
- Judges 2:22
- 1 Samuel 15:15
- 2 Samuel 13:5
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 8:19
- 1 Chronicles 28:8
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
