Hebrew conj · H3282
יַעַן
yaanyah'-an
because
99 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yaʻan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3282is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 18 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3282
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
The King James renders it: because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yaan is rendered "because". It stands 99 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.
- Forty of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 22:16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
Genesis 22:16יַ֚עַן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Forty of the word's ninety-nine uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- because93
- because of3
- and by cause2
- by cause1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 99, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יַ֚עַן21
- יַ֗עַן19
- יַ֣עַן17
- יַ֛עַן7
- יַ֤עַן5
- יַעַן֩4
- יַ֠עַן4
- יַ֜עַן4
- יַ֡עַן4
- יַ֧עַן4
- יַ֕עַן3
- יַ֣עַן׀2
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”)96HC
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + conjunction (“and”)2HC/R/C
- preposition + conjunction (“and”)1HR/C
Genesis
one use
saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Leviticus
two uses
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
- וּבְיַ֔עַןuveyaanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + conjunction (“and”)tagged: and by cause
Numbers
two uses
but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Deuteronomy
one use
except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
- יַ֕עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Joshua
one use
Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Judges
one use
So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
- יַעַן֩yaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
1 Samuel
two uses
For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
1 Kings
fourteen uses
So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
- יַעַן֩yaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
- יַ֣עַן׀yaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherah poles, provoking the LORD to anger.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your hand. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- יַ֠עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Then the prophet said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you depart from me a lion will kill you.” And when he left, a lion found him and killed him.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”
- יַ֜עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
2 Kings
six uses
And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
- יַ֜עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
- יַ֤עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
- יַעַן֩yaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- יַ֠עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
2 Chronicles
three uses
God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- יַ֠עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Psalms
one use
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Proverbs
one use
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Isaiah
nine uses
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoiced in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
- יַ֥עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- יַ֡עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- יַ֤עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
- יַ֤עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Jeremiah
eleven uses
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
- יַ֧עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
- יַ֣עַן׀yaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
- יַ֧עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
- יַ֕עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He who knows, and I am a witness, declares the LORD.”
- יַ֡עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
- יַ֡עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
- יַ֡עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites: “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you have obeyed the command of your forefather Jonadab and have kept all his commandments and have done all that he charged you to do,
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Ezekiel
forty uses
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
- יַ֤עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
- יַ֖עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because of
Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
- וּבְיַ֜עַןuveyaanconjunction (“and”) + preposition + conjunction (“and”)tagged: and by cause
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
- יַ֜עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
- יַ֜עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have drawn attention to your guilt, exposing your transgressions, so that your sins are revealed in all your deeds—because you have come to remembrance—you shall be taken in hand.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
- יַ֤עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
- יַעַן֩yaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you clapped your hands and stomped your feet and rejoiced over the land of Israel with a heart full of contempt,
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
- יַ֠עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Then all the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD. For you were only a staff of reeds to the house of Israel.
- יַ֧עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it,’
- יַ֧עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,
- יַ֕עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
- בְּיַ֡עַןbeyaanpreposition + conjunction (“and”)tagged: by cause
Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.
- יַ֛עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD.
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Hosea
one use
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- יַ֚עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Amos
one use
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because
Haggai
two uses
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- יַ֣עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because of
- יַ֗עַןyaanconjunction (“and”)tagged: because of
The letters
Gematria 130· 780 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
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