King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3985
Transliteration: maen
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ane')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to refuse
Meaning: to refuse
Word Summary
maen: to refuse
Original Word: מָאֵןTransliteration: maen
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ane')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to refuse
Meaning: to refuse
Strong's Concordance
refuse, utterly A primitive root; to refuse -- refuse, X utterly.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3985. maen
[מָאֵן verb Pi`el refuse (Qal perhaps be distasteful, compare Syr, 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); —
Pi`el Perfect מֵאֵן Exodus 7:14 4t.; feminine singular מֵאֲנָה Jeremiah 15:18 3t.; מֵאַנְתָּ Exodus 10:3, etc.; Imperfect יְמָאֵן 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; 22:14 (all E), Deuteronomy 25:7; 1 Samuel 8:19; 2 Samuel 2:23; 13:9; 1 Kings 20:35; 21:15; Esther 1:12; Jeremiah 50:33 compare Job 6:7; Psalm 77:3; Proverbs 21:25; Jeremiah 15:18; without Infinitive וַיּאֹמֶר וַיְמָאֵן Genesis 39:8; 48:19 (both J), 1 Samuel 28:23;; also 2 Kings 5:16; especially of refusing to obey ׳י's commands Exodus 4:23; 7:14; 10:3; 16:28 (all J), Nehemiah 9:17; also Psalm 78:10; Proverbs 21:7; Hosea 11:5, see especially Jeremiah 3:3; 5:3 (twice in verse); 8:5; 9:5; 11:10; compare 25:28; Zechariah 7:11; without Infinitive = be recusant Proverbs 1:24; Isaiah 1:20 once subject ׳י Numbers 22:13 (E).