To refuse
מָאֵןStrong’s H3985maen (ma-en)
Appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maen is the Hebrew word usually translated “refused”, “has refused” and “have refused”. It appears in 39 verses of the Old Testament.
“But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.”
Meaning
- (Piel) to refuse
How it's translated
- and he refused 8
- he has refused 4
- they refused 4
- they have refused 4
- and they refused 3
- and you refused 2
- have you refused 2
- they refuse 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 9
- Exodus 5
- Genesis 3
- Numbers 3
- Proverbs 3
- 1 Samuel 2
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
- Genesis 39:8But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
- Genesis 48:19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Exodus 4:23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
- Exodus 7:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
- Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
All 39 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָאֵן maen · to refuse
(Piel) to refuse
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “refuse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REFU'SE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin recuso; re and the root of causor, to accuse; causa, cause. The primary sense of causor is to drive, to throw or thrust at, and recuso is to drive back, to repel or repulse, the sense of refuse ]
- To deny a request, demand, invitation or command; to decline to do or grant what is solicited, claimed or commanded.“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border” Numbers 20:21
- To decline to accept what is offered; as, to refuse an office; to refuse an offer.“If they refuse to take the cup at thy hand -” Jeremiah 25:28
- To reject; as, to refuse instruction or reproof.“The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner” Psalms 118:22
All definitions and other forms of “refuse”
REFU'SE, verb intransitive
s as z. To decline to accept; not to comply.
REF'USE, adjective
REF'USE, noun
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste matter.
REFU'SE, noun
Refusal. obsolete
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.