Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H4616
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- ma`an
- Pronunciation
- mah'-an
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H4616
- Brief meaning
- Properly, heed, i.e. purpose, used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim)
- Source renderings
- because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to, ... 's sake), + lest, that, to
- Root word
- from H6030
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that. Root word: from H6030.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H6030
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
04616\ 4616 ma`an mah'-an from 6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that:--because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), + lest, that, to. see HEBREW for 06030