Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3986: מָאֵן

mâʼên · pronounced maw-ane' · “refusing”

Definition

unwilling

KJV translates it as: refuse.

Word origin: from H3985 (מָאֵן);

Extended definition

refusing, unwilling to obey

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3986 is translated

  • are refusing ×4

Bible verses with H3986 (mâʼên)

Mâʼên appears in 4 verses.

  • Exodus 8:2

    And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

  • Exodus 9:2

    For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

  • Exodus 10:4

    Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

  • Jeremiah 38:21

    But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me: