To withhold
מָנַעStrong’s H4513mana (ma-na)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mana is the Hebrew word usually translated “withheld”, “restrain” and “withhold”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?”
Meaning
- To withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder(Qal) to withhold · (Niphal) to be withheld
How it's translated
- i withheld 3
- restrain 3
- you withhold 3
- you have withheld 2
- withholds 2
- he has withheld 1
- let yourself be restrained 1
- he has withheld you 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 6
- Proverbs 5
- Job 4
- Numbers 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- Psalms 2
14 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 22:16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
- Numbers 24:11Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
- 1 Samuel 25:26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 25:34For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
- 2 Samuel 13:13And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
- 1 Kings 20:7Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
Hebrew dictionary
מָנַע mana · to withhold
1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder 1a) (Qal) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “withhold” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WITHHOLD, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive withheld. [with and hold.]
- TO hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
- To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.
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.