1) purpose, intent prep 1a) for the sake of 1b) in view of, on account of 1c) for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj 1d) to the end that
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H4616 — מַ֫עַן
ma.an · because · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:13 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.Genesis 18:19 · לְמַעַן֩ · לְמַ֗עַןFor 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 Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.Genesis 18:24 · לְמַ֛עַןPeradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?Genesis 27:25 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd 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.Genesis 37:22 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.Genesis 50:20 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.Exodus 1:11 · לְמַ֥עַןTherefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses.Exodus 4:5 · לְמַ֣עַןthat they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.Exodus 8:10 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.Exodus 8:22 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd 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 thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.Exodus 9:16 · וּלְמַ֛עַןbut in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.Exodus 9:29 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah’s.Exodus 10:1 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto 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 · וּלְמַ֡עַןand that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.Exodus 11:7 · לְמַ֙עַן֙But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.Exodus 11:9 · לְמַ֛עַןAnd Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.Exodus 13:9 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.Exodus 16:4 · לְמַ֧עַןThen said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.Exodus 16:32 · לְמַ֣עַן׀And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.Exodus 20:12 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.Exodus 23:12 · לְמַ֣עַןSix days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.Exodus 33:13 · לְמַ֥עַןNow therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.Leviticus 17:5 · לְמַעַן֩to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto Jehovah.Leviticus 20:3 · לְמַ֗עַןI also 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.Leviticus 23:43 · לְמַעַן֮that 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 Jehovah your God.Numbers 15:40 · לְמַ֣עַןthat ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.Numbers 16:40 · לְ֠מַעַןto be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.Numbers 27:20 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.Numbers 36:8 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto 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 2:30 · לְמַ֛עַןBut Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.Deuteronomy 3:26 · לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔םBut Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.Deuteronomy 4:1 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.Deuteronomy 4:40 · וּלְמַ֨עַןAnd thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.Deuteronomy 5:14 · לְמַ֗עַןbut the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.Deuteronomy 5:16 · לְמַ֣עַן׀ · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.Deuteronomy 5:29 · לְמַ֨עַןOh 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 for ever!Deuteronomy 5:33 · לְמַ֤עַןYe shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.Deuteronomy 6:2 · לְמַ֨עַן · וּלְמַ֖עַןthat thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.Deuteronomy 6:18 · לְמַ֙עַן֙And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,Deuteronomy 6:23 · לְמַ֙עַן֙and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.Deuteronomy 8:1 · לְמַ֨עַןAll the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers.Deuteronomy 8:2 · לְמַ֨עַןAnd thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.Deuteronomy 8:3 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.Deuteronomy 8:16 · לְמַ֣עַן · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end:Deuteronomy 8:18 · לְמַ֨עַןBut thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.Deuteronomy 9:5 · וּלְמַ֜עַןNot for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Deuteronomy 11:8 · לְמַ֣עַןTherefore shall ye keep all the commandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go over to possess it;Deuteronomy 11:9 · וּלְמַ֨עַןand that ye may prolong your days in the land, which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.Deuteronomy 11:21 · לְמַ֨עַןthat your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.Deuteronomy 12:25 · לְמַ֨עַןThou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.Deuteronomy 12:28 · לְמַעַן֩Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.Deuteronomy 13:17 · לְמַעַן֩And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;Deuteronomy 14:23 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.Deuteronomy 14:29 · לְמַ֤עַןand the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.Deuteronomy 16:3 · לְמַ֣עַןThou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.Deuteronomy 16:20 · לְמַ֤עַןThat which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.Deuteronomy 17:16 · לְמַ֖עַןOnly he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.Deuteronomy 17:19 · לְמַ֣עַןand it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;Deuteronomy 17:20 · לְמַעַן֩that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not 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 · לְמַ֗עַןthat they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God.Deuteronomy 22:7 · לְמַ֙עַן֙thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.Deuteronomy 23:20 · לְמַ֨עַןUnto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.Deuteronomy 24:19 · לְמַ֤עַןWhen thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.Deuteronomy 25:15 · לְמַ֙עַן֙A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.Deuteronomy 27:3 · לְמַ֡עַןand thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee.Deuteronomy 29:6 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.Deuteronomy 29:9 · לְמַ֣עַןKeep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.Deuteronomy 29:13 · לְמַ֣עַןthat he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Deuteronomy 29:19 · לְמַ֛עַןand it come to pass, when he heareth 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 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.Deuteronomy 30:19 · לְמַ֥עַןI call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;Deuteronomy 31:12 · לְמַ֨עַן · וּלְמַ֣עַןAssemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy sojourner that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;Deuteronomy 31:19 · לְמַ֨עַןNow therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou 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 1:7 · לְמַ֣עַןOnly be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.Joshua 1:8 · לְמַ֙עַן֙This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.Joshua 3:4 · לְמַ֤עַןYet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.Joshua 4:6 · לְמַ֗עַןthat this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?Joshua 4:24 · לְ֠מַעַן · לְמַ֧עַןthat all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.Joshua 11:20 · לְמַ֣עַן · לְמַ֣עַןFor it was of Jehovah 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 Jehovah commanded Moses.Judges 2:22 · לְמַ֛עַןthat by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.Judges 3:2 · לְמַ֙עַן֙only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:1 Samuel 15:15 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.1 Samuel 17:28 · לְמַ֛עַןAnd Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.2 Samuel 13:5 · לְמַ֙עַן֙And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.1 Kings 2:3 · לְמַ֣עַןand keep the charge of Jehovah thy 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 thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;1 Kings 2:4 · לְמַעַן֩that Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy 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 thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.1 Kings 8:40 · לְמַ֙עַן֙that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.1 Kings 8:41 · לְמַ֥עַןMoreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake1 Kings 8:43 · לְמַ֣עַןhear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.1 Kings 8:60 · לְמַ֗עַןthat all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.1 Kings 11:12 · לְמַ֖עַןNotwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.1 Kings 11:13 · לְמַ֙עַן֙ · וּלְמַ֥עַןHowbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.1 Kings 11:32 · לְמַ֣עַן׀ · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙(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 · לְמַ֨עַןHowbeit 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 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.1 Kings 11:39 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.1 Kings 12:15 · לְמַ֜עַןSo the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.1 Kings 15:4 · לְמַ֣עַןNevertheless for David’s sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;2 Kings 8:19 · לְמַ֖עַןHowbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.2 Kings 10:19 · לְמַ֥עַןNow therefore call unto 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; whosoever 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 · לְמַ֣עַןBut Jehovah was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto 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 · לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י · וּלְמַ֖עַןFor I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.2 Kings 20:6 · לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י · וּלְמַ֖עַןAnd I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.2 Kings 22:17 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto 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 · לְ֠מַעַןMoreover them that 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 Jehovah.1 Chronicles 28:8 · לְמַ֤עַןNow therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever.2 Chronicles 6:31 · לְמַ֣עַןthat they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.2 Chronicles 6:32 · לְמַ֨עַןMoreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:2 Chronicles 6:33 · לְמַ֣עַןthen hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.2 Chronicles 10:15 · לְמַעַן֩So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was brought about of God, that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.2 Chronicles 21:7 · לְמַ֣עַןHowbeit Jehovah 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 alway.2 Chronicles 25:20 · לְמַ֖עַןBut 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 · לְמַ֥עַןMoreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Jehovah.2 Chronicles 32:18 · לְמַ֖עַןAnd they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.2 Chronicles 34:25 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.Ezra 9:12 · לְמַ֣עַןnow therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.Nehemiah 6:13 · לְמַ֤עַן · לְמַֽעַן־ · לְמַ֖עַןFor this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.Job 18:4 · הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָThou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?Job 19:29 · לְמַ֖עַןBe ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.Job 40:8 · לְמַ֣עַןWilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?Psalm 5:8 · לְמַ֥עַןLead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.Psalm 6:4 · לְמַ֣עַןReturn, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness’ sake.Psalm 8:2 · לְמַ֥עַןOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.Psalm 9:14 · לְמַ֥עַןThat I may show forth all thy praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion I will rejoice in thy salvation.Psalm 23:3 · לְמַ֣עַןHe restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.Psalm 25:7 · לְמַ֖עַןRemember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.Psalm 25:11 · לְמַֽעַן־For thy name’s sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.Psalm 27:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןTeach me thy way, O Jehovah; And lead me in a plain path, Because of mine enemies.Psalm 30:12 · לְמַ֤עַן׀To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.Psalm 31:3 · וּלְמַ֥עַןFor thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me.Psalm 44:26 · לְמַ֣עַןRise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.Psalm 48:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןLet mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of thy judgments.Psalm 48:13 · לְמַ֥עַןMark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.Psalm 51:4 · לְ֭מַעַןAgainst thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.Psalm 60:5 · לְ֭מַעַןThat thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.Psalm 68:23 · לְמַ֤עַן׀That thou mayest crush them, dipping thy foot in blood, That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.Psalm 69:18 · לְמַ֖עַןDraw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.Psalm 78:6 · לְמַ֤עַןThat the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,Psalm 79:9 · לְמַ֣עַןHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name’s sake.Psalm 97:8 · לְמַ֖עַןZion heard and was glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of thy judgments, O Jehovah.Psalm 106:8 · לְמַ֣עַןNevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, That he might make his mighty power to be known.Psalm 108:6 · לְ֭מַעַןThat thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.Psalm 109:21 · לְמַ֣עַןBut deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;Psalm 119:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןThy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.Psalm 119:71 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןIt is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.Psalm 119:80 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןLet my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.Psalm 119:101 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןI have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word.Psalm 122:8 · לְ֭מַעַןFor my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.Psalm 122:9 · לְ֭מַעַןFor the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.Psalm 125:3 · לְמַ֡עַןFor the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
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