To forbid
נוּאStrong’s H5106nu
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nu is the Hebrew word usually translated “forbade”, “forbid” and “do you discourage”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.”
Meaning
- To hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate(Qal) to hinder, hold back · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- he forbade 3
- he will forbid 1
- do you discourage 1
- and they discouraged 1
- he frustrates 1
- it refuse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 5
- Psalms 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 30:8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
- Numbers 30:11And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
- Numbers 32:7And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
- Numbers 32:9For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
- Psalms 33:10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Hebrew dictionary
נוּא nu · to forbid
1) to hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate 1a) (Qal) to hinder, hold back 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to restrain, forbid, frustrate 1b2) to restrain, make averse, discourage
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “forbid” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FORBID', verb intransitive
To utter a prohibition; but in the intransitive form, there is always an ellipsis. I would go, but my state of health forbids, that is, forbids me to go, or my going.
All definitions and other forms of “forbid”
FORBID', 'DEN, participle passive
- Prohibited; as the forbidden fruit.
- Hindered; obstructed.
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.