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Lexicon :: Strong's H3985 - mā'ēn

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מָאֵן
Transliteration
mā'ēn
Pronunciation
maw-ane'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1138

Strong’s Definitions

מָאֵן mâʼên, maw-ane'; a primitive root; to refuse:—refuse, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H3985 in the following manner: refuse (40x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H3985 in the following manner: refuse (40x), utterly (1x).

  1. (Piel) to refuse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָאֵן mâʼên, maw-ane'; a primitive root; to refuse:—refuse, × utterly.
STRONGS H3985: Abbreviations
† [מָאֵן verb Pi. refuse (Qal perhaps be distasteful, compare Syr, bdb054901 taeduit, piguit, Aph`el be slothful; Late Hebrew Pi., as term, techn. of girl, refuse to acknowledge marriage contract; possibly akin to Ethiopic bdb054902 reject; Arabic bdb054903 is sustain, maintain); —
Pi. Perfect מֵאֵן Exodus 7:14 + 4 times; feminine singular מֵאֲנָה Jeremiah 15:18 + 3 times; מֵאַנְתָּ Exodus 10:3, etc.; Imperfect יְמָאֵן Exodus 22:16; וַיְמָאֵן Genesis 37:35 + 8 times etc.; Inf. abs מָאֵן Exodus 22:16; — refuse, (followed by Infinitive except + 6 times see below) human subject Genesis 37:35 (J), Jeremiah 31:15; Exodus 22:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 20:21; Numbers 22:14 (all E), Deuteronomy 25:7; 1 Samuel 8:19; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 13:9; 1 Kings 20:35; 1 Kings 21:15; Esther 1:12; Jeremiah 50:33 compare Job 6:7; Psalm 77:3; Proverbs 21:25; Jeremiah 15:18; without Infinitive וַיְמָאֵן וַיּאֹמֶר Genesis 39:8; Genesis 48:19 (both J), 1 Samuel 28:23;; also 2 Kings 5:16; especially of refusing to obey י׳'s commands Exodus 4:23; Exodus 7:14; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 16:28 (all J), Nehemiah 9:17; also Psalm 78:10; Proverbs 21:7; Hosea 11:5, see especially Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:3 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 8:5; Jeremiah 9:5; Jeremiah 11:10; compare Jeremiah 25:28; Zechariah 7:11; without Infinitive = be recusant Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 1:20 once subject י׳ Numbers 22:13 (E).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:35; 37:35; 39:8; 48:19

Exodus

4:23; 7:14; 7:14; 10:3; 10:3; 16:28; 22:16; 22:16; 22:17

Numbers

20:21; 22:13; 22:14

Deuteronomy

25:7

1 Samuel

8:19; 28:23

2 Samuel

2:23; 13:9

1 Kings

20:35; 21:15

2 Kings

5:16

Nehemiah

9:17

Esther

1:12

Job

6:7

Psalms

77:3; 78:10

Proverbs

1:24; 21:7; 21:25

Isaiah

1:20

Jeremiah

3:3; 5:3; 8:5; 9:5; 11:10; 15:18; 15:18; 25:28; 31:15; 50:33

Hosea

11:5

Zechariah

7:11

H3985

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3985 matches the Hebrew מָאֵן (mā'ēn),
which occurs 41 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he would not; but said to his master's wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - And I said to thee, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if thou wilt not send them away, see, I will slay thy first-born son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - And the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and they said to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long dost thou refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - And the Lord said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my commands and my law?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - (LXX 22:16) And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay [fn]compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balac, Depart quickly to your lord; God does not permit me to go with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - And the princes of Moab rose, and came to Balac, and said, Balaam will not come with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother [fn]has refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people would not hearken to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he hearkened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - And what does this mean? return to Joab thy brother. But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies [fn]on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - And she took the frying-pan and poured them out before him, but he would not eat. And Amnon said, Send out every man from [fn]about me. And they removed every man from about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - (LXX 21:35) And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray. And the man would not smite him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - (LXX 20:15) And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard it, that she said to Achaab, Arise, [fn]take possession of the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, who [fn]would not sell it to thee: for Nabuthai is not alive, for he is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - And Elisaie said, As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not take one. And he pressed him to take one: but he would not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - For my wrath cannot cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - (LXX 76:3) In the day of mine affliction I earnestly sought the Lord; even with my hands by night before him, and I was not deceived; my soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - (LXX 77:10) They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore's face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 - Wherefore has this my people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthened themselves in their wilfulness, and refused to return?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - (LXX 9:5) There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They are turned aside to the iniquities of their fathers that were of old, who would not hearken to my words: and, behold, they go after strange gods, to serve them: and the house of Israel and the house of Juda have broken my covenant, which I made with their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - (LXX 32:28) And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand, to drink it, that thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; Ye shall surely drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - (LXX 38:15) A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - (LXX 27:33) Thus saith the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and as for the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.
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