'Purpose' in the Bible

and a dead body's fat or mangled carcass's fat may be used for any {purpose}, but you certainly must not eat it.

You shall not take up the name of Yahweh your God for worthless purpose, for Yahweh will not leave unpunished [anyone] who uses his name for worthless purpose.

From Zebulun, those who went out armed, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war: fifty thousand to help David {with singleness of purpose}.

But the princes of the {Ammonites} said to Hanun, "{Do you think} because David sent comforters to you [that] David honors your father? Is it not for the purpose of exploring [so as] to overthrow and spy out the land that his servants have come to you?"

" 'Yet you hid these [things] in your heart; I know that this {was your purpose}.

For they have consulted together {with a unified purpose}. They have made a covenant against you:

Yahweh knows [the] thoughts of humankind, that {they [are] to no purpose}.

[Those who] pursue a [wicked] purpose draw near; they are far from your law.

to give shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and purpose to the young,

All Yahweh has made [is] for his purpose, and even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Many plans [are] in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.

Deep waters [are like] purpose in the heart of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it out.