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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 Box Gen 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, 'For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - and he refuseth, and saith unto his lord's wife, 'Lo, my lord hath not known what is with me in the house, and all that he hath he hath given into my hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - And his father refuseth, and saith, 'I have known, my son, I have known; he also becometh a people, and he also is great, and yet, his young brother is greater than he, and his seed is the fulness of the nations;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I say unto thee, Send away My son, and he doth serve Me; and -- thou dost refuse to send him away -- lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'The heart of Pharaoh hath been hard, he hath refused to send the people away;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - and Edom refuseth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saith unto the princes of Balak, 'Go unto your land, for Jehovah is refusing to suffer me to go with you;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, 'Balaam is refusing to come with us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - 'And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - And the people refuse to hearken to the voice of Samuel, and say, 'Nay, but a king is over us,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - And he refuseth, and saith, 'I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth rib, and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth -- they stand still.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - and taketh the frying-pan, and poureth out before him, and he refuseth to eat, and Amnon saith, 'Take ye out every one from me;' and they go out every one from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour by the word of Jehovah, 'Smite me, I pray thee;' and the man refuseth to smite him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel's hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, 'Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - And he saith, 'Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood -- if I take it;' and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that is by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - My soul is refusing to touch! They are as my sickening food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In a day of my distress the Lord I sought, My hand by night hath been spread out, And it doth not cease, My soul hath refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - They have not kept the covenant of God, And in His law they have refused to walk,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - And if ye refuse, and have rebelled, By the sword ye are consumed, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - Jehovah, Thine eyes, are they not on stedfastness? Thou hast smitten them, and they have not grieved, Thou hast consumed them, They have refused to receive instruction, They made their faces harder than a rock, They have refused to turn back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 - Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold on deceit, They have refused to turn back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They have turned back to the iniquities of their first fathers, Who refused to hear My words, And they have gone after other gods to serve them, The house of Israel, and the house of Judah, Have made void My covenant, that I made with their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why hath my pain been perpetual? And my wound incurable? It hath refused to be healed, Thou art surely to me as a failing stream, Waters not stedfast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And it hath come to pass, When they refuse to receive the cup out of thy hand to drink, That thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Ye do certainly drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - Thus said Jehovah, A voice in Ramah is heard, wailing, weeping most bitter, Rachel is weeping for her sons, She hath refused to be comforted for her sons, because they are not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Oppressed are the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together, And all their captors have kept hold on them, They have refused to send them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt, And Asshur -- he is his king, For they have refused to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - And they refuse to attend, And they give a refractory shoulder, And their ears have made heavy against hearing.
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