Strong's Concordance yaan: on account of, because Original Word: יַ֫עַןPart of Speech: preposition and conjunction; substantive; preposition; conjunction; preposition; conjunction Transliteration: yaan Phonetic Spelling: (yah'-an) Short Definition: because Brown-Driver-Briggs I. יַ֫עַן preposition and conjunction see below I. ענה. יַעַן96 properly substantive, purpose, intention, but always used as preposition or conjunction, on account of, because (for יַעֲנֶה, of the form יִצְהָר etc., Sta§ 259 Köii. 403; compare preposition, rarely with a substantive, Ezekiel 5:9 יַעַן תּוֺעֲבוֺתֵיכֶם, Haggai 1:9 יַעַן מָה, Haggai 1:9 יַעַן בֵּיתִי; with a participle Ezekiel 36:13 יען אמרים because of men saying to you (but read probablyאָמְרָם, Co Toy Berthol); frequently with infinitive with, 1 Kings 21:20 יַעַן הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ on account of thy having sold thyself, Amos 5:11; Isaiah 30:12; Isaiah 37:29 (= 2 Kings 19:28) יַעֵן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי, Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 23:38; Jeremiah 48:7, and often. (c. 18 t.) in Ezek., as Jeremiah 5:7 (read יַעַן הַמְרֹתְכֶם), Jeremiah 13:8,22; Jeremiah 25:3,6,8,12. 2 As conjunction: a. יַעַן אֲשֶׁר (32 t.), usually with perfect, as Genesis 22:16 יען אשׁר עשׂית זאת because that thou hast done this, Deuteronomy 1:36 (Joshua 14:14), Judges 2:20; 1 Samuel 30:22; 1 Kings 3:11; 1 Kings 8:18; Jeremiah 19:4; Jeremiah 25:8; Jeremiah 29:23 (not Isaiah) +; with imperfect (in frequent. sense) Ezekiel 44:12. b. יַען כִּי, Numbers 11:20 ׳יַעַן כִּי מְאַסְתֶּם אֶתיֿ, 1 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 21:29; Isaiah 3:16; Isaiah 7:5; Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 29:13. c. יַעַן alone (23 t.), with perfect Numbers 20:12 יַעַן לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי, 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 20:42; 2 Kings 22:19; Hosea 8:1; Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; with imperfect (frequently) Ezekiel 34:21; of the future Ezekiel 12:12 because he shall not see, etc., (but ᵐ5 Co Kau Berthol לְמַעַן אשׁר לא יֵרָאֶה לָעַיִן): usually the verb follows immediately, but Ezek. sometimes puts the object first for emphasis, Ezekiel 5:11 יַעַן אֶתמִֿקְדָּשִׁי טִמֵּאתָ, Ezekiel 20:16,24; Ezekiel 36:6, compare Ezekiel 34:21. 3 יַעַן וּבְיַעַן, q.d. because and by the cause (that), followed by perhaps, Leviticus 26:43 (H) יען וביען בְּמִשְׁמָּטַי מָאָ֔סוּ, Ezekiel 13:10; יַעַן בְּיַעַז followed by infinitive, Ezekiel 36:3. (In all, reckoning יען (ו)ביען once each, 93 t., of which 20 are in 1-2 Kings, 11 in Jeremiah, 38 in Ezekiel; and only 9 in Genesis—2Samuel.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance because that, forasmuch as, seeing then, that, whereas, why From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause -- because (that), forasmuch (+ as), seeing then, + that, + wheras, + why. Forms and Transliterations בְּיַ֡עַן ביען וּבְיַ֔עַן וּבְיַ֜עַן וביען יַ֕עַן יַ֖עַן יַ֗עַן יַ֚עַן יַ֛עַן יַ֜עַן יַ֠עַן יַ֡עַן יַ֣עַן יַ֣עַן ׀ יַ֤עַן יַ֥עַן יַ֧עַן יַעַן֩ יען bə·ya·‘an bəya‘an beYaan ū·ḇə·ya·‘an ūḇəya‘an uveYaan ya‘an ya·‘an YaanLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 328299 Occurrences bə·ya·‘an — 1 Occ. ū·ḇə·ya·‘an — 2 Occ. ya·‘an — 96 Occ. Genesis 22:16 HEB: יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֗י יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ INT: the LORD for because you have done Leviticus 26:43 Leviticus 26:43 Numbers 11:20 Numbers 20:12 Deuteronomy 1:36 Joshua 14:14 Judges 2:20 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Samuel 30:22 1 Kings 3:11 1 Kings 8:18 1 Kings 11:11 1 Kings 11:33 1 Kings 13:21 1 Kings 14:7 1 Kings 14:13 1 Kings 14:15 1 Kings 16:2 1 Kings 20:28 1 Kings 20:36 1 Kings 20:42 1 Kings 21:20 1 Kings 21:29 2 Kings 1:16 |
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