Hebrew word study

מָאֵןmâʼên — to refuse

Pronounced “maw-ane'”

to refuse

Translated in the King James as: refuse, utterly.

Appears 41 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 3×
Genesis 37:35Genesis 39:8Genesis 48:19
Exodus — 6×
Exodus 4:23Exodus 7:14Exodus 10:3Exodus 16:28Exodus 22:17+ 1 more in Exodus
Numbers — 3×
Numbers 20:21Numbers 22:13Numbers 22:14
Deuteronomy — 1×
Deuteronomy 25:7
1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 8:191 Sam 28:23
2 Samuel — 2×
2 Sam 2:232 Sam 13:9
1 Kings — 2×
1 Ki 20:351 Ki 21:15
2 Kings — 1×
2 Ki 5:16
Nehemiah — 1×
Nehemiah 9:17
Esther — 1×
Esther 1:12
Job — 1×
Job 6:7
Psalms — 2×
Psalms 77:2Psalms 78:10
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 1:24Proverbs 21:7Proverbs 21:25
Isaiah — 1×
Isaiah 1:20
Jeremiah — 10×
Jeremiah 3:3Jeremiah 5:3Jeremiah 8:5Jeremiah 9:6Jeremiah 11:10Jeremiah 15:18Jeremiah 25:28Jeremiah 31:15Jeremiah 50:33+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Hosea — 1×
Hosea 11:5
Zechariah — 1×
Zech 7:11

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