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נוּא

nu · forbid, discourage

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5106 · appears 8 times in the Bible

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What it means

nu (נוּא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “forbid, discourage”.

Forbid, oppose: keep something from being done; also discourage.

How to say it

nu

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 block something; dishearten; thwart a plan.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

  • forbids ×2
  • forbade ×1
  • forbid ×1
  • he has frustrated ×1
  • refuse it ×1
  • they discouraged ×1
  • would you discourage ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

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

Where it appears

  • Numbers 30:5

    But if her father forbids her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations that she has bound on her soul shall stand; and YHWH will forgive her, because her father forbade her.

  • Numbers 30:8

    But if on the day her husband hears of it he forbids her, then he annuls her vow that is on her and the rash utterance of her lips that she has bound on her soul; and YHWH will forgive her.

  • Numbers 30:11

    and her husband heard of it and kept silent toward her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation that she bound on her soul shall stand.

  • Numbers 32:7

    Why would you discourage the heart of the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land that YHWH has given them?

  • Numbers 32:9

    They went up as far as the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, and they discouraged the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go into the land that YHWH had given them.

  • Psalms 33:10

    YHWH has annulled the counsel of the nations; he has frustrated the thoughts of the peoples.

  • Psalms 141:5

    Let the righteous strike me— it is loyal love; and let him rebuke me— it is oil for the head; let my head not refuse it, for still is my prayer against their evils.

And 1 more times.