- Original: יען - Transliteration: Ya`an - Phonetic: yah'-an - Definition: conj 1. because, therefore, because that, on account of prep 2. because of, on account of 3. why (with interrogative pron) - Origin: from an unused root meaning to pay attention - TWOT entry: 1650e - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly heed; by implication purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause: - because (that) forasmuch (+ as) seeing then + that + whereas + why. Total KJV Occurrences: 96 • as, 1 2 Kings 1:16 • because, 80 Genesis 22:16; Leviticus 26:43(2); Numbers 11:20; Numbers 20:12; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:14; Judges 2:20; 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 30:22; 1 Kings 3:11; 1 Kings 11:33; 1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 14:15; 1 Kings 20:28; 1 Kings 20:36; 1 Kings 20:42; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 19:28; 2 Kings 21:11; 2 Kings 21:15; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 1:11; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Psalm 109:16; Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 3:16; Isaiah 7:5; Isaiah 30:12; Isaiah 37:29; Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:4; Jeremiah 5:14; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 19:4; Jeremiah 23:38; Jeremiah 25:8; Jeremiah 29:23; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 35:17; Jeremiah 48:7; Ezekiel 5:7; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 13:8; Ezekiel 13:10(2); Ezekiel 13:22; Ezekiel 15:8; Ezekiel 16:36; Ezekiel 16:43; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 20:24; Ezekiel 21:24(2); Ezekiel 22:19; Ezekiel 23:35; Ezekiel 24:13; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 25:6; Ezekiel 25:15; Ezekiel 28:2; Ezekiel 28:6; Ezekiel 29:6; Ezekiel 29:9; Ezekiel 31:10; Ezekiel 34:8; Ezekiel 34:21; Ezekiel 35:5; Ezekiel 35:10; Ezekiel 36:2; Ezekiel 36:3(2); Ezekiel 36:6; Ezekiel 36:13; Ezekiel 44:12; Hosea 8:1; Haggai 1:9 • Forasmuch, 7 1 Kings 11:11; 1 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 14:7; 1 Kings 16:2; Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 29:13; Amos 5:11 • of, 1 Ezekiel 5:9 • that, 4 Ezekiel 12:12; Ezekiel 25:8; Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 26:2 • then, 1 Ezekiel 21:4 • Whereas, 1 1 Kings 8:18 • Why, 1 Haggai 1:9 """