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H4616 H4616
Prep  |  272× in 3 senses
purpose: so that, in order that; for the sake of, because of; for sake of / in order that (ambiguous)

Senses
1. purpose: so that, in order that Conjunctional use introducing a purpose or result clause, expressing the intended goal or outcome of an action. 196×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Relations Purpose Conjunction
AR["لِ-أَجْلِ","لِ-كَي","لِكَي","لِكَيْ"]·ben["-জন্যে","জন্য","যাতে","যেন"]·DE["damit","damit-","fuer-sake-von","so-jenes"]·EN["for-sake-of","in-order-that","so-that"]·FR["ainsi-ce","dans-order-ce","pour-cause-de"]·heb["ל-מען","למען"]·HI["इसलिए-कि","तअकि","ताकि"]·ID["Supaya","supaya"]·IT["affinche","affinché","in-order-quello","per-sake-di"]·jav["supados"]·KO["-위해서","~을-위하여","위하여","위해서","위해서-"]·PT["Para-que","para","para-que"]·RU["чтобы"]·ES["Para-que","para","para-que"]·SW["Ili","ili","ili-kwamba"]·TR["amacıyla","bunun-için","böylece","için","için-ki","öyle-ki"]·urd["تاکہ"]
2. for the sake of, because of Prepositional use indicating the cause, reason, or beneficiary of an action, often with pronominal suffixes specifying whose sake or what cause. 65×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["لِ-أَجْلِ","لِأَجْلِ","لِـ-أَجْلِ","مِنْ-أَجْلِ"]·ben["-কারণে","-জন্য","-জন্যে","কারণে","জন্য","জন্য-","জন্যে-"]·DE["fuer-sake-von","um-","um-willen"]·EN["For-the-sake-of","for-sake-of","for-the-sake-of"]·FR["afin-que","pour-cause-de","à-cause-de"]·heb["ל-מען","למען"]·HI["करन","कारण-","कारण-से","के-कारण","के-लिए","लमअन"]·ID["Demi","demi","karena","oleh-karena","supaya"]·IT["affinché","per-amor-di","per-causa-di","per-sake-di"]·jav["Amargi","Kangge-","Kanggé","amargi","dèmi","kangge-","kanggé","kanggé-","supados"]·KO["-을-위하여","-을-위해","~때문에","위하여","위하여-","위해서","위해서-","을-위하여"]·PT["Por-amor-de","Por-causa-de","para-que","por-amor-de","por-causa-de"]·RU["ради","ради-"]·ES["Por-causa-de","para-que","por-causa-de"]·SW["Kwa-ajili-ya","ili","jina-lako","kwa-ajili-ya","kwa-ajili-ya-","kwa-sababu-ya"]·TR["Icin","Ugruna-","icin","için","olması-için","ugruna-","uğruna"]·urd["خاطر","کی-خاطر","کے-سبب"]
3. for sake of / in order that (ambiguous) Mixed prepositional-conjunctional use where the boundary between purpose and cause is fluid, serving both as causal motivation and purposive goal. 11×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS Nature, Class, Example Geography and Space
AR["لِأَجْلِ","لِكَيْ-"]·ben["জন্য","জন্যে"]·DE["um-willen"]·EN["for-sake-of","for-sake-of-","in-order-that","in-order-that-","in-order-to","so-that"]·FR["afin-que"]·heb["ל-מען","ל-מען־"]·HI["के-लिए","के-लिए-","ताकि"]·ID["supaya","untuk"]·IT["per-amor-di"]·jav["Supados","supados","supados-"]·KO["-위하여","-위하여-","~을-위함이라"]·PT["Para","para","para-que","por-causa-de"]·RU["в-тебе","для-убийства","его","молния","твои","чтобы","чтобы-губить"]·ES["Para","para","para-que","por","por-causa-de"]·SW["ili","kwa-ajili-ya","kwa-sababu-ya"]·TR["-için","için"]·urd["تاکہ","تاکہ-","خاطر"]

BDB / Lexicon Reference
מַעֲנֶה n.m. Pr 15:1 answer, response;—abs. מ׳־רַךְ Pr 15:1 a gentle answer; cstr. מַעֲנֵה פִּיו v 23, cf. מ׳ לָשׁוֹן 16:1 (i.e. ability to answer); מ׳ אֱלֹהִים Mi 3:7 i.e. response for guidance; abs. also Pr 29:19 response = obedience; Jb 32:3, 5 reply, refutation; sf. לַמַּעֲנֵהוּ Pr 16:4 = for its purpose, that for which it answers (v. Toy).