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Deuteronomy 11:21

“That 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.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַעַןmaʻan · mah'-an
H4616 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
Derivation
from H6030 (עָנָה);
KJV renderings
because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
Grammar
  • לְמַ֨עַן — preposition
Code HR
Usage
Occurs 272 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:13Genesis 18:19Genesis 18:19Genesis 18:24Genesis 27:25

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַעַן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.