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 my soul shall live because of thee.Genesis 18:19 · לְמַעַן֩ · לְמַ֗עַןFor 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.Genesis 18:24 · לְמַ֛עַןPeradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy 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, [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.Genesis 50:20 · לְמַ֗עַןBut 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.Exodus 1:11 · לְמַ֥עַןTherefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.Exodus 4:5 · לְמַ֣עַןThat 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.Exodus 8:10 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd 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.Exodus 8:22 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd 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.Exodus 9:16 · וּלְמַ֛עַןAnd in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] 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 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.Exodus 10:1 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: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 in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD.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 the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.Exodus 11:9 · לְמַ֛עַןAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall 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 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.Exodus 16:4 · לְמַ֧עַןThen 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.Exodus 16:32 · לְמַ֣עַן׀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.Exodus 20:12 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD 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 rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.Exodus 33:13 · לְמַ֥עַןNow therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew 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.Leviticus 17:5 · לְמַעַן֩To 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.Leviticus 20:3 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd 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.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] the LORD your God.Numbers 15:40 · לְמַ֣עַןThat ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.Numbers 16:40 · לְ֠מַעַן[To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.Numbers 27:20 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd thou shalt put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.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 enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.Deuteronomy 2:30 · לְמַ֛עַןBut Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as [appeareth] this day.Deuteronomy 3:26 · לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔םBut the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.Deuteronomy 4:1 · לְמַ֣עַןNow therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.Deuteronomy 4:40 · וּלְמַ֨עַןThou shalt keep therefore 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 upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.Deuteronomy 5:14 · לְמַ֗עַןBut the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.Deuteronomy 5:16 · לְמַ֣עַן׀ · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.Deuteronomy 5:29 · לְמַ֨עַןO that there were such an 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 ways which the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD 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 commandments 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 the LORD sware unto your fathers.Deuteronomy 8:2 · לְמַ֨עַןAnd thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.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 every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD 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 the LORD 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 [it is] this day.Deuteronomy 9:5 · וּלְמַ֜עַןNot for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.Deuteronomy 11:8 · לְמַ֣עַןTherefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;Deuteronomy 11:9 · וּלְמַ֨עַןAnd that ye may prolong [your] days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.Deuteronomy 11:21 · לְמַ֨עַןThat your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon 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 sight of the LORD.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 sight of the LORD thy God.Deuteronomy 13:17 · לְמַעַן֩And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew 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 the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.Deuteronomy 14:29 · לְמַ֤עַןAnd the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine 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 the LORD thy God giveth thee.Deuteronomy 17:16 · לְמַ֖עַןBut he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD 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 the LORD 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 should ye sin against the LORD your God.Deuteronomy 22:7 · לְמַ֙עַן֙[But] thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.Deuteronomy 23:20 · לְמַ֨עַןUnto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.Deuteronomy 24:19 · לְמַ֤עַןWhen thou cuttest down thine 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 stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.Deuteronomy 25:15 · לְמַ֙עַן֙[But] thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD 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 the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD 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 might know that I [am] the LORD 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 to day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn 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 imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:Deuteronomy 30:6 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.Deuteronomy 30:19 · לְמַ֥עַןI call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:Deuteronomy 31:12 · לְמַ֨עַן · וּלְמַ֣עַןGather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that [is] within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD 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 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 thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest 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 prosper whithersoever thou goest.Joshua 1:8 · לְמַ֙עַן֙This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein 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 [their fathers] in time to come, saying, What [mean] ye by these stones?Joshua 4:24 · לְ֠מַעַן · לְמַ֧עַןThat all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it [is] mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.Joshua 11:20 · לְמַ֣עַן · לְמַ֣עַןFor it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.Judges 2:22 · לְמַ֛עַןThat through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD 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 before 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 the LORD 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 camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine 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 make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see [it], and eat [it] at her hand.1 Kings 2:3 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it 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 the LORD may continue 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 a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;1 Kings 8:43 · לְמַ֣עַןHear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.1 Kings 8:60 · לְמַ֗עַןThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD [is] God, [and that 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] 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, because he 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 light 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 · לְמַ֜עַןWherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.1 Kings 15:4 · לְמַ֣עַןNevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:2 Kings 8:19 · לְמַ֖עַןYet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, [and] to his children.2 Kings 10:19 · לְמַ֥עַןNow therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, 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 subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.2 Kings 13:23 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd the LORD 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 works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.2 Kings 23:24 · לְ֠מַעַןMoreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.1 Chronicles 28:8 · לְמַ֤עַןNow therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave [it] for an inheritance for 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 stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;2 Chronicles 6:33 · לְמַ֣עַןThen hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as [doth] thy people Israel, and 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 the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.2 Chronicles 21:7 · לְמַ֣עַןHowbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.2 Chronicles 25:20 · לְמַ֖עַןBut Amaziah would not hear; for it [came] of God, that he might deliver them into the hand [of their enemies], because they 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 be encouraged in the law of the LORD.2 Chronicles 32:18 · לְמַ֖עַןThen they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech 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 my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and 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 wealth 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־ · לְמַ֖עַןTherefore [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 · הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָHe teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his 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 also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?Psalm 5:8 · לְמַ֥עַןLead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.Psalm 6:4 · לְמַ֣עַןReturn, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.Psalm 8:2 · לְמַ֥עַןOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.Psalm 9:14 · לְמַ֥עַןThat I may shew 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 leadeth 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 mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.Psalm 25:11 · לְמַֽעַן־For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.Psalm 27:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןTeach me thy way, O LORD, 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 LORD 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 · לְמַ֣עַןArise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.Psalm 48:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןLet mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, 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 [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest 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 hear me.Psalm 68:23 · לְמַ֤עַן׀That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of [thine] enemies, [and] the tongue of thy dogs in the same.Psalm 69:18 · לְמַ֖עַןDraw nigh unto my soul, [and] redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.Psalm 78:6 · לְמַ֤עַןThat the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:Psalm 79:9 · לְמַ֣עַןHelp us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away 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 LORD.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 me.Psalm 109:21 · לְמַ֣עַןBut do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.Psalm 119:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןThy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.Psalm 119:71 · לְ֝מַ֗עַן[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.Psalm 119:80 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןLet my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.Psalm 119:101 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןI have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.Psalm 122:8 · לְ֭מַעַןFor my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace [be] within thee.Psalm 122:9 · לְ֭מַעַןBecause of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.Psalm 125:3 · לְמַ֡עַןFor the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
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