3986. maen

Lexicon

maen: refuse

Original Word: מָאֵן
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: ma'en
Pronunciation: mah-ANE
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ane')
KJV: refuse
NASB: refuse
Word Origin: [from H3985 (מָאֵן - refused)]

1. unwilling

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

refuse

From ma'en; unwilling -- refuse.

see HEBREW ma'en

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from maen
Definition
refusing
NASB Translation
refuse (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מָאֵן verbal adjective refusing, followed by Infinitive, and always of disobeying ׳י; Exodus 7:27; Exodus 9:2; Exodus 10:4 (all J), Jeremiah 38:21.

Forms and Transliterations

מָאֵ֥ן מאן mā’ên mā·’ên maEn

Englishman's Concordance

Exodus 8:2
HEB: וְאִם־ מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ
NAS: But if you refuse to let [them] go,
KJV: And if thou refuse to let [them] go,
INT: if refuse you to let

Exodus 9:2
HEB: כִּ֛י אִם־ מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֑חַ
NAS: For if you refuse to let [them] go
KJV: For if thou refuse to let [them] go,
INT: For if refuse you to let

Exodus 10:4
HEB: כִּ֛י אִם־ מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ
NAS: For if you refuse to let My people
KJV: Else, if thou refuse to let my people
INT: Else if refuse you to let

Jeremiah 38:21
HEB: וְאִם־ מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לָצֵ֑את
KJV: But if thou refuse to go forth,
INT: if refuse you to go

4 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3986
4 Occurrences

mā·’ên — 4 Occ.