H4616Preposition272 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 1:11לְמַעַן
So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
- Deuteronomy 2:30לְמַעַן
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
- Psalm 9:14לְמַעַן
that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Isaiah 5:19לְמַעַן
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
- Jeremiah 4:14לְמַעַן
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Ezekiel 4:17לְמַעַן
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.