Strong's Concordance maen: to refuse Original Word: מָאֵןPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: maen Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ane') Short Definition: refused Brown-Driver-Briggs [מָאֵן verb Pi`el refuse (Qal perhaps be distasteful, compare Syr, Pi`el Perfect מֵאֵן Exodus 7:14 4t.; feminine singular מֵאֲנָה Jeremiah 15:18 3t.; מֵאַנְתָּ Exodus 10:3, etc.; Imperfect יְמָאֵן Exodus 22:16; וַיְמָאֵן Genesis 37:35 8t. etc.; Inf. abs מָאֵן Exodus 22:16; — refuse, (followed by Infinitive except 6 t. 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). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance refuse, utterly A primitive root; to refuse -- refuse, X utterly. Forms and Transliterations וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ וַיְמָאֵ֓ן ׀ וַיְמָאֵ֖ן וַיְמָאֵ֗ן וַיְמָאֵ֣ן וַיְמָאֵ֣ן ׀ וַיְמָאֵ֥ן וַיְמָאֵֽן׃ וַיְמָאֵן֙ וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ וַתְּמָאֵ֖ן וַתְּמָאֵ֞ן וימאן וימאן׃ וימאנו ותמאן ותמאנו יְמָאֲנ֛וּ יְמָאֵ֛ן ימאן ימאנו מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ מֵֽאֲנָה֙ מֵֽאֲנוּ֙ מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם מֵאֲנ֖וּ מֵאֲנ֥וּ מֵאֲנָ֖ה מֵאֲנָ֛ה מֵאֲנָ֣ה מֵאֵ֖ן מֵאֵ֣ן מֵאֵ֥ן מֵאֵ֨ין מֵאֵן֙ מֵאַ֔נְתָּ מֵאַ֖נְתְּ מָאֵ֧ן מאין מאן מאנה מאנו מאנת מאנתם תְּמָאֲנ֖וּ תמאנו mā’ên mā·’ên maEn mê’ănāh mê’ant mê’antā mê’antem mê’ănū mê’ên mê·’ă·nāh mê·’ă·nū mê·’an·tā mê·’an·tem mê·’ant mê·’ên meaNah meAnt meAnta meanTem meaNu meEin meEn tə·mā·’ă·nū təmā’ănū temaaNu vattemaEn vattemaEnu vaymaaNu vaymaEn wat·tə·mā·’ê·nū wat·tə·mā·’ên wattəmā’ên wattəmā’ênū way·mā·’ă·nū way·mā·’ên waymā’ănū waymā’ên yə·mā·’ă·nū yə·mā·’ên yəmā’ănū yəmā’ên yemaaNu yemaEnLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 398541 Occurrences mā·’ên — 1 Occ. mê·’ă·nāh — 4 Occ. mê·’ant — 1 Occ. mê·’an·tā — 1 Occ. mê·’an·tem — 1 Occ. mê·’ă·nū — 10 Occ. mê·’ên — 1 Occ. mê·’ên — 4 Occ. tə·mā·’ă·nū — 1 Occ. wat·tə·mā·’ên — 2 Occ. wat·tə·mā·’ê·nū — 1 Occ. way·mā·’ă·nū — 3 Occ. way·mā·’ên — 9 Occ. yə·mā·’ă·nū — 1 Occ. yə·mā·’ên — 1 Occ. Genesis 37:35 HEB: בְּנֹתָ֜יו לְנַחֲמ֗וֹ וַיְמָאֵן֙ לְהִתְנַחֵ֔ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר NAS: to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. KJV: to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; INT: his daughters to comfort refused to be comforted said Genesis 39:8 Genesis 48:19 Exodus 4:23 Exodus 7:14 Exodus 10:3 Exodus 16:28 Exodus 22:17 Exodus 22:17 Numbers 20:21 Numbers 22:13 Numbers 22:14 Deuteronomy 25:7 1 Samuel 8:19 1 Samuel 28:23 2 Samuel 2:23 2 Samuel 13:9 1 Kings 20:35 1 Kings 21:15 2 Kings 5:16 Nehemiah 9:17 Esther 1:12 Job 6:7 Psalm 77:2 Psalm 78:10 |
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taeduit, piguit, Aph`el be slothful; Late Hebrew Pi`el, as term, techn. of girl, refuse to acknowledge marriage contract; possibly akin to Ethiopic 
reject; Arabic 
is sustain, maintain); —