יַעַן
yaʻan · H3282 · Hebrew · 99 occurrences
Meanings
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because, since
State in which an event is presented as the motivation, cause, or reason for another event
ExamplesGenesis 22:16 and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Leviticus 26:43 ‘For the land will be abandoned by them, and will restore its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their wrongdoing, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul loathed My statutes.
Deuteronomy 1:36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him I will give the land on which he has set foot, and to his sons, because he has followed the LORD fully.’
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עֵקֶב ʻêqeb · H6118 · recompense, reward, because
- Both words are causal expressions meaning "because," used to introduce reasons or grounds, and so fall within the same functional category.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐπειδή epeidḗ · G1894 · because, since, for
- Greek ἐπειδή renders Hebrew יַעַן as a causal/explanatory conjunction ('since', 'because'), sharing the core function of introducing rationale or grounds for a statement, though ἐπειδή may carry slightly stronger temporal-causal nuance ('since now') where יַעַן remains primarily causal.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Perception002004
- יַעַן introduces a stated reason or ground for something perceived or judged, as the LORD swears an oath 'because' Abraham obeyed His voice (Genesis 22:16, 18).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3282. yaan I. יַ֫עַן preposition and conjunction see below I. ענה. יַעַן96 properly…
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 mean, intend): — 1 as
preposition, rarely with a substantive, Eze 5:9 תּוֺעֲבוֺתֵיכֶם יַעַן, Hag 1:9 מָה יַעַן, Hag 1:9 בֵּיתִי יַעַן; with a participle Eze 36:13 אמרים יען because of men saying to you (but read probablyאָמְרָם, Co Toy Berthol); frequently with infinitive with, 1Ki 21:20 הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ יַעַן on account of thy having sold thyself, Amo 5:11; Isa 30:12; Isa 37:29 (= 2Ki 19:28) אֵלַי הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ יַעֵן, Jer 5:14; Jer 7:13; Jer 23:38; Jer 48:7, and often. (c. 18 t.) in Ezek., as Jer 5:7 (read הַמְרֹתְכֶם יַעַן), Jer 13:8, Jer 13:22; Jer 25:3, Jer 25:6, Jer 25:8, Jer 25:12.
2 As
conjunction:
a. אֲשֶׁר יַעַן (32 t.), usually with perfect, as Gen 22:16 זאת עשׂית אשׁר יען because that thou hast done this, Deu 1:36 (Jos 14:14), Jdg 2:20; 1Sa 30:22; 1Ki 3:11; 1Ki 8:18; Jer 19:4; Jer 25:8; Jer 29:23 (not Isaiah) +; with imperfect (in frequent. sense) Eze 44:12.
b. כִּי יַען, Num 11:20 אֶתיֿ מְאַסְתֶּם כִּי ׳יַעַן, 1Ki 13:21; 1Ki 21:29; Isa 3:16; Isa 7:5; Isa 8:6; Isa 29:13.
c. יַעַן alone (23 t.), with perfect Num 20:12 בִּי הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם לֹא יַעַן, 1Sa 15:23; 1Ki 14:13; 1Ki 20:42; 2Ki 22:19; Hos 8:1; Isa 61:1; Isa 65:12; Isa 66:4; with imperfect (frequently) Eze 34:21; of the future Eze 12:12 because he shall not see, etc., (but ᵐ5 Co Kau Berthol לָעַיִן יֵרָאֶה לא אשׁר לְמַעַן): usually the verb follows immediately, but Ezek. sometimes puts the object first for emphasis, Eze 5:11 טִמֵּאתָ אֶתמִֿקְדָּשִׁי יַעַן, Eze 20:16, Eze 20:24; Eze 36:6, compare Eze 34:21.
3 וּבְיַעַן יַעַן, q.d. because and by the cause (that), followed by perhaps, Lev 26:43 (H) מָאָ֔סוּ בְּמִשְׁמָּטַי וביען יען, Eze 13:10; בְּיַעַז יַעַן followed by infinitive, Eze 36:3. (In all, reckoning (ו)ביען יען once each, 93 t., of which 20 are in 1-2 Kings, 11 in Jeremiah, 38 in Ezekiel; and only 9 in Genesis—2Samuel.)
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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