מָאֵןmâʼên

refusing, always of disobeying ׳ י (Exodus 7:27; Exodus 9:2; Exodus 10:4; Jeremiah 38:21)

Pronunciation: maw-ane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3986

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 8:2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land.
  • Exodus 9:2 If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
  • Exodus 10:4 If you refuse, watch out! For tomorrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on your country.
  • Jeremiah 38:21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me:

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).