Hebrew - English Dictionary
H4616 - For
| Strong's No.: | H4616 |
| Hebrew: | מַעַן |
| Transliteration: | maʻan |
| Phonetic: | mah'-an |
| Word Origin: | From H6030 |
| Bible Usage: | because {of} to the end (intent) {that} for ({to} . . . ‘s {sake}) + {lest} {that} to. |
| Strongs Definition: | properly {heed} that {is} purpose; used only {adverbially} on account of (as a motive or an {aim}) teleologically in order that |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 1. purpose, intent prep a. for the sake of b. in view of, on account of c. for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj d. to the end that |
| Bible References:
For |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
because ( 2 )
end ( 4 )
for ( 6 )
intent ( 1 )
lest ( 1 )
of ( 10 )
sacrifice ( 1 )
sake ( 45 )
sakes ( 4 )
that ( 178 )
Therefore ( 1 )
to ( 17 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.