מָאֵן (mâʼên) — Refuse

Strong's H3985 is tagged on 41 words in 39 verses across 17 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 37:35 and last appears in Zechariah 7:11.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 39)

• Genesis 37:35 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• Genesis 39:8 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• Genesis 48:19 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• Exodus 4:23 — וַתְּמָאֵן — and you refused
• Exodus 7:14 — מֵאֵן — he has refused
• Exodus 10:3 — מֵאַנְתָּ — have you refused
• Exodus 16:28 — מֵאַנְתֶּם — have you refused
• Exodus 22:17 — מָאֵן — absolutely refuse
• Numbers 20:21 — וַיְמָאֵן — and it refused
• Numbers 22:13 — מֵאֵן — he has refused
• Numbers 22:14 — מֵאֵן — he has refused
• Deuteronomy 25:7 — מֵאֵין — he has refused
• 1 Samuel 8:19 — וַיְמָאֲנוּ — and they refused
• 1 Samuel 28:23 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• 2 Samuel 2:23 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• 2 Samuel 13:9 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• 1 Kings 20:35 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• 1 Kings 21:15 — מֵאֵן — he refused
• 2 Kings 5:16 — וַיְמָאֵן — and he refused
• Nehemiah 9:17 — וַיְמָאֲנוּ — and they refused
• Esther 1:12 — וַתְּמָאֵן — and she refused
• Job 6:7 — מֵאֲנָה — it refuses
• Psalms 77:2 — מֵאֲנָה — it refused
• Psalms 78:10 — מֵאֲנוּ — they refused
• Proverbs 1:24 — וַתְּמָאֵנוּ — and you refused

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H3986 מָאֵן (mâʼên), H3987 מֵאֵן (mêʼên).

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