יַעַן
yaʻan · yah'-an
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to pay attention;
properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
- properly, heed
- by implication, purpose (sake or account)
- used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to see and know › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַעַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
99 occurrences · 99 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- because4 · 24%
- forasmuch3 · 18%
- forasmuch as2 · 12%
- for because1 · 6%
- even because1 · 6%
- unto you: because1 · 6%
- whereas1 · 6%
- me? because1 · 6%
- any more the like, because1 · 6%
- that1 · 6%
- seeing1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.