מַ֫עַן
ma.an
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
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 252 verses
- Psalms 130:4 לְ֝מַ֗עַן
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
- Psalms 143:11 לְמַֽעַן־
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- Proverbs 2:20 לְמַ֗עַן
So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:24 לְמַ֥עַן
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- Proverbs 19:20 לְ֝מַ֗עַן
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
- Isaiah 5:19 לְמַ֣עַן
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!”
- Isaiah 23:16 לְמַ֖עַן
“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”
- Isaiah 28:13 לְמַ֨עַן
Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.
- Isaiah 30:1 לְמַ֛עַן
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
- Isaiah 37:35 לְמַֽעֲנִ֔יוּלְמַ֖עַן
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- Isaiah 41:20 לְמַ֧עַן
so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
- Isaiah 42:21 לְמַ֣עַן
The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- Isaiah 43:10 לְמַ֣עַן
“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
- Isaiah 43:14 לְמַעַנְכֶ֞ם
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
- Isaiah 43:25 לְמַעֲנִ֑י
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
- Isaiah 43:26 לְמַ֥עַן
Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
- Isaiah 44:9 לְמַ֥עַן
All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.
- Isaiah 45:3 לְמַ֣עַן
I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.
- Isaiah 45:4 לְמַ֙עַן֙
For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
- Isaiah 45:6 לְמַ֣עַן
so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- Isaiah 48:9 לְמַ֤עַן
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 48:11 לְמַעֲנִ֧ילְמַעֲנִ֛י
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.
- Isaiah 49:7 לְמַ֤עַן
Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
- Isaiah 55:5 לְמַ֙עַן֙
Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
- Isaiah 62:1 לְמַ֤עַןוּלְמַ֥עַן
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- Isaiah 63:17 לְמַ֣עַן
Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways and harden our hearts from fearing You? Return, for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
- Isaiah 65:8 לְמַ֣עַן
This is what the LORD says: “As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, ‘Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,’ so I will act on behalf of My servants; I will not destroy them all.
- Isaiah 66:5 לְמַ֤עַן
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
- Isaiah 66:11 לְמַ֤עַןלְמַ֧עַן
so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
- Jeremiah 4:14 לְמַ֖עַן
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Jeremiah 7:10 לְמַ֣עַן
and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?
- Jeremiah 7:18 לְמַ֖עַן
The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:19 לְמַ֖עַן
But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
- Jeremiah 7:23 לְמַ֖עַן
but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.
- Jeremiah 10:18 לְמַ֥עַן
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
- Jeremiah 11:5 לְמַעַן֩
This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
- Jeremiah 14:7 לְמַ֣עַן
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:21 לְמַ֣עַן
For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.
- Jeremiah 25:7 לְמַ֧עַן
‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
- Jeremiah 27:10 לְמַ֨עַן
For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.
- Jeremiah 27:15 לְמַ֨עַן
For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
- Jeremiah 32:14 לְמַ֥עַן
“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.
- Jeremiah 32:29 לְמַ֖עַן
And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
- Jeremiah 32:35 לְמַ֖עַן
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
- Jeremiah 35:7 לְמַ֨עַן
Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
- Jeremiah 36:3 לְמַ֣עַן
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
- Jeremiah 42:6 לְמַ֙עַן֙
Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us, for we will obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
- Jeremiah 43:3 לְמַעַן֩
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
- Jeremiah 44:8 לְמַ֙עַן֙וּלְמַ֤עַן
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
- Jeremiah 44:29 לְמַ֙עַן֙
This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.