H5702: עָגַן
ʻâgan · pronounced aw-gan' · “to refrain”
Definition
to debar, i.e. from marriage
KJV translates it as: stay.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
(Niphal) to shut oneself in or off or up
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5702 is translated
- will you shut yourselves off ×1
Bible verses with H5702 (ʻâgan)
ʻâgan appears in 1 verse.
- Ruth 1:13
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.