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Hebrew word study

יַעַןyaʻan — properly, heed

Pronounced “yah'-an”

properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause

Translated in the King James as: because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras, [phrase] why.

Appears 97 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root meaning to pay attention;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 26:43+ 1 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 2×

Numbers 11:20 Numbers 20:12

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 1:36

Joshua — 1×

Judges — 1×

1 Samuel — 2×

1 Sam 15:23 1 Sam 30:22

1 Kings — 14×

1 Ki 3:11 1 Ki 8:18 1 Ki 11:11 1 Ki 11:33 1 Ki 13:21 1 Ki 14:7 1 Ki 14:13 1 Ki 14:15 1 Ki 16:2 1 Ki 20:28 1 Ki 20:36 1 Ki 20:42 1 Ki 21:20 1 Ki 21:29

2 Kings — 6×

2 Ki 1:16 2 Ki 10:30 2 Ki 19:28 2 Ki 21:11 2 Ki 21:15 2 Ki 22:19

2 Chronicles — 3×

2 Chr 1:11 2 Chr 6:8 2 Chr 34:27

Psalms — 1×

Proverbs — 1×

Isaiah — 9×

Isaiah 3:16 Isaiah 7:5 Isaiah 8:6 Isaiah 29:13 Isaiah 30:12 Isaiah 37:29 Isaiah 61:1 Isaiah 65:12 Isaiah 66:4

Jeremiah — 10×

Jeremiah 5:14 Jeremiah 7:13 Jeremiah 19:4 Jeremiah 23:38 Jeremiah 25:8 Jeremiah 29:23 Jeremiah 29:31 Jeremiah 35:17 Jeremiah 35:18 Jeremiah 48:7

Ezekiel — 39×

Ezekiel 5:9 Ezekiel 5:11 Ezekiel 12:12 Ezekiel 13:8 Ezekiel 13:10 Ezekiel 13:22 Ezekiel 15:8 Ezekiel 16:36 Ezekiel 16:43 Ezekiel 20:16 Ezekiel 20:24 Ezekiel 21:4 Ezekiel 21:24 Ezekiel 22:19 Ezekiel 23:35 Ezekiel 24:13 Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 25:6 Ezekiel 25:8 Ezekiel 25:12 Ezekiel 25:15 Ezekiel 26:2 Ezekiel 28:2 Ezekiel 28:6 Ezekiel 29:6+ 14 more in Ezekiel

Hosea — 1×

Amos — 1×

Haggai — 2×

Haggai 1:9+ 1 more in Haggai

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