מָאֵן
ma.en (H3985)
to refuse
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "ma.en" (H3985) is a verb that means "to refuse." It is used 41 times in the Bible. This word conveys a sense of denial or rejection, often in response to a request, offer, or proposal. When someone refuses something, they are saying no to it, turning it down, or declining it. The range of usage for "ma.en" is quite broad. It can be used in various contexts, such as in social interactions, business transactions, or even in spiritual matters. For example, someone might refuse an invitation, a gift, or a spiritual offering. The word can also imply a sense of reluctance or hesitation, as if the person is not eager to accept or participate. The significance of "ma.en" lies in its ability to convey a sense of agency and autonomy. When someone refuses something, they are exercising their freedom to choose and make decisions. This word highlights the importance of consent and the value of saying no in a world where others may be trying to persuade or pressure us into doing something we don't want to do.
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All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him.
But he refused, and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, my master doesn’t know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.
His father refused, and said, “I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a multitude of nations.”
and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”
Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you.”
The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,
But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
However he refused to turn away. Therefore Abner with the back end of the spear struck him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place. As many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Have all men leave me.” Then every man went out from him.
A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by Yahweh’s word, “Please strike me!” The man refused to strike him.
When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”
But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.
and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
It shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “You shall surely drink.
Yahweh says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.”
Yahweh of Armies says: “The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together. All who took them captive hold them fast. They refuse to let them go.
“They won’t return into the land of Egypt; but the Assyrian will be their king, because they refused to repent.
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.