maen · refuse

What it means

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

Be unwilling.

How to say it

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. To decide that one does not want to do or accept something, even when asked.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• refused ×26
• refuses ×6
• they refuse ×4
• refuse ×2
• will you refuse ×2
• refusing ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×3
• Exodus×6
• Numbers×3
• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Kings×2
• 2 Kings×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Esther×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×3
• Isaiah×1
• Jeremiah×10
• Hosea×1
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 37:35

  All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, “Indeed, I will go down to my son mourning, to Sheol.” Thus his father wept for him.

• Genesis 39:8

  But he refused and said to his lord’s wife, “Look, with me here my lord does not concern himself with what is in the house, and all that he has he has put in my hand.

• Genesis 48:19

  But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know; he too will become a people, and he too will be great; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become the fullness of the nations.”

• Exodus 4:23

  and I said to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” But you refused to let him go; look, I am going to kill your son, your firstborn.’”

• Exodus 7:14

  YHWH said to Moses, “The heart of Pharaoh is insensitive; he refuses to let the people go.

• Exodus 10:3

  So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

• Exodus 16:28

  YHWH said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?

• Exodus 22:17

  If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall weigh out silver according to the bride-price of virgins.

• Numbers 20:21

  Thus Edom refused to let Israel pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

• Numbers 22:13

  So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, for YHWH has refused to let me go with you.”

• Numbers 22:14

  And the princes of Moab rose and came to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

• Deuteronomy 25:7

  But if the man does not want to take his sister-in-law, then his sister-in-law shall go up to the gate, to the elders, and say, “My brother-in-law refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me.”

• 1 Samuel 8:19

  But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, “No, but there shall be a king over us,

• 1 Samuel 28:23

  He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, and the woman too, urged him, and he listened to their voice; he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

• 2 Samuel 2:23

  But he refused to turn away; so Abner struck him with the butt of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him; and he fell there and died in his place. And it happened that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died stood still.

• 2 Samuel 13:9

  She took the pan and poured it out before him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Send everyone out from me.” And everyone went out from him.

• 1 Kings 20:35

  A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his companion by the word of YHWH, “Strike me, please.” But the man refused to strike him.

• 1 Kings 21:15

  And it happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for silver; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

• 2 Kings 5:16

  He said, “As YHWH lives, before whom I stand, I will not take anything.” He urged him to take it, but he refused.

• Nehemiah 9:17

  They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them.

• Esther 1:12

  But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that came by the hand of the eunuchs. And the king became very angry, and his fury burned within him.

• Job 6:7

  My soul refuses to touch them; they are like the sickness of my bread.

• Psalms 77:2

  In the day of my distress I sought Adonai; my hand by night was stretched out and did not grow numb; my soul refused to be comforted.

• Psalms 78:10

  They did not keep the covenant of Elohim, and in his instruction they refused to walk.

• Proverbs 1:24

  Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and there was no one who paid attention,

• Proverbs 21:7

  The devastation of the wicked will drag them away, because they refuse to do justice.

• Proverbs 21:25

  The craving of the sluggard will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

• Isaiah 1:20

  but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of YHWH has spoken.

• Jeremiah 3:3

  And the showers have been withheld, and there has been no late rain; yet the forehead of a prostitute woman you have had; you refused to be ashamed.

• Jeremiah 5:3

  YHWH, are not your eyes on faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not feel pain; you consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They made their faces harder than rock; they refused to return.

• Jeremiah 8:5

  Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned wayward in perpetual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.

• Jeremiah 9:6

  Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, declares YHWH.

• Jeremiah 11:10

  They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers.

• Jeremiah 15:18

  Why has my pain been perpetual, and my wound beyond remedy, refusing to be healed? Will you really be to me like a deceptive brook, waters that are not faithful?

• Jeremiah 25:28

  And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: You shall surely drink!

• Jeremiah 31:15

  Thus says YHWH: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, bitter weeping: Rachel weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”

• Jeremiah 50:33

  Thus says YHWH Tsevaot: Oppressed are the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah together; and all who took them captive have held them fast; they have refused to let them go.

• Hosea 11:5

  He will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria, he will be his king, because they refused to return.

• Zechariah 7:11

  But they refused to pay attention, and gave a rebellious shoulder, and their ears they made heavy so as not to hear.

And 2 more times.