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Lexicon :: Strong's H3985 - mā'ēn

Aa
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 all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:19 - But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:23 - And I said to you, Let my son go, so that he may give me worship; and you did not let him go: so now I will put the first of your sons to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh's heart is unchanged; he will not let the people go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:28 - And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:17 - If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:13 - In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:14 - So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 - But he would not, saying, I have no desire for food. But his servants, together with the woman, made him take food, and he gave way to them. So he got up from the earth, and took his seat on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But still he did not go to one side: so Abner gave him a back blow in the stomach with his spear, so that the spear came out at his back; and he went down on the earth, wounded to death: and all those who came to the place where Asahel went down dead, came to a stop.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - And she took the cooking-pot, and put the cakes before him, but he would not take them. And Amnon said, Let everyone go away from me. So they all went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:35 - And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Give me a wound. But the man would not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - Then Jezebel, hearing that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, said to Ahab, Get up and take as your heritage the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he would not give you for money, for Naboth is no longer living but is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:16 - But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - My soul has no desire for such things, they are as disease in my food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:24 - Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:20 - But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:3 - So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:3 - O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:5 - Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:6 - There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They are turned back to the sins of their fathers, who would not give ear to my words; they have gone after other gods and become their servants: the people of Israel and the people of Judah have not kept the agreement which I made with their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:18 - Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:28 - And it will be, if they will not take of the cup in your hand, then you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies has said: You will certainly take of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:15 - So has the Lord said: In Ramah there is a sound of crying, weeping and bitter sorrow; Rachel weeping for her children; she will not be comforted for their loss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:33 - This is what the Lord of armies has said: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are crushed down together: all those who took them prisoner keep them in a tight grip; they will not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - But they would not give attention, turning their backs and stopping their ears from hearing;
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