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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 - All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted. He said, "For I will go down to She'ol to my son mourning." His father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - His father refused, and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a multitude of nations."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - The LORD said to Moshe, "Par`oh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - Moshe and Aharon went in to Par`oh, and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - The LORD said to Moshe, "How long do you refuse to keep my mitzvot and my laws?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - Thus Edom refused to give Yisra'el passage through his border: why Yisra'el turned away from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - Bil`am rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for the LORD refuses to give me leave to go with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - The princes of Mo'av rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Bil`am refuses to come with us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the Zakenim, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Yisra'el; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to listen to the voice of Shemu'el; and they said, No: but we will have a king over us,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the eretz, and sat on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - However he refused to turn aside: therefore Aviner with the hinder end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it happened, that as many as came to the place where `Asa'el fell down and died stood still.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, Have out all men from me. They went out every man from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of the LORD, Please strike me. The man refused to strike him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - It happened, when Izevel heard that Navot was stoned, and was dead, that Izevel said to Ach'av, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Navot the Yizre`eli, which he refused to give you for money; for Navot is not alive, but dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. He urged him to take it; but he refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and didn't forsake them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's mitzvah by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The desire of the sluggard kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O LORD, don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them, but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 - Why then is this people of Yerushalayim slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Yisra'el and the house of Yehudah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you tell them, Thus says the LORD of Hosts: You shall surely drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - Thus says the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - Thus says the LORD of hosts: The children of Yisra'el and the children of Yehudah are oppressed together; and all who took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - "They won't return into the land of Mitzrayim; But the Ashshur will be their king, Because they refused to repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
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