Strong's Concordance
Original word: מַ֫עַן
Transliteration: maan
Definition (short): so
Definition (full): purpose -- intent
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from anah
Definition: purpose, intent
NASB Translation: account (1), because (14), behalf (1), order (40), purpose (2), reason is so (1), sake (50), so (54), therefore (1), this reason (1).
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References
KJV:
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
NASB:
"Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you."
KJV:
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
NASB:
"For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him."
KJV:
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
NASB:
"Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?