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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 daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh 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, so that they may worship me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you[fn] refuse to keep my commands and my instructions?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your own country, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - So the Moabite officials returned to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - However, if a man does not want to marry his brother’s wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to carry on his brother’s name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to give up the pursuit; so Abner thrust the butt of his spear into Asahel’s stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He fell there and died on the spot. And every man stopped when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - Then she took the pan and served him the bread, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone out of here,” Amnon said. So everyone left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - By the word of the LORD one of the company of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me with your weapon,” but he refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you. He is no longer alive, but dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - The prophet answered, “As surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - they did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.”

For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - LORD, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 - Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - You[fn] live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They have returned to the sins of their ancestors, who refused to listen to my words. They have followed other gods to serve them. Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why is my pain unending and my wound grievous and incurable? You are to me like a deceptive brook, like a spring that fails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell them, ‘This is what the LORD Almighty says: You must drink it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “The people of Israel are oppressed, and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - “Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
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