מַעַן

ma.an
because
Strong’s H4616Preposition272 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

so that138
so as66
for the sake of41
on account of16
for own sake7
for sake4

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[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

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.