יַעַן
yaʻan(yah'-an)
“properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause”
17 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
Translated in KJV as
because (that)forasmuch ([phrase] as)seeing then[phrase] that[phrase] wheras[phrase] why.
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to pay attention;
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