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מָאֵן

maen · refusing

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3986 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

maen (מָאֵן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “refusing”.

Unwilling.

How to say it

ma·en

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Not accepting, unwilling.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Exodus 8:2

    But if you refuse to let them go, look, I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.

  • Exodus 9:2

    For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

  • Exodus 10:4

    For if you refuse to let my people go, look, tomorrow I am bringing locusts into your territory.

  • Jeremiah 38:21

    But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that YHWH has shown me: