Lexical Definition

‎מָאֵן‎ mâʼên (maw-ane') to refuse ^H:V
a primitive root

refuse, [idiom] utterly.

• to refuse

1) (Piel) to refuse

See Greek: ἀπειθέω · βούλημα · δύναμαι · εἰσακούω · θέλω · προαιρέομαι · ὑπακούω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָאֵן‎ verb Pi`el refuse (Qal perhaps be distasteful, compare Syr, taeduit, piguit, Aph`el be slothful; Late Hebrew Pi`el, as term, techn. of girl, refuse to acknowledge marriage contract; possibly akin to Ethiopic reject; Arabic is sustain, maintain); —

Pi`el Perfect ‎מֵאֵן‎ Exod 7:14 + 4 t.; feminine singular ‎מֵאֲנָה‎ Jer 15:18 + 3 t.; ‎מֵאַנְתָּ‎ Exod 10:3, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְמָאֵן‎ Exod 22:16* ‎וַיְמָאֵן‎ Gen 37:35 + 8 t. etc.; Inf. abs ‎מָאֵן‎ Exod 22:16* — refuse, (followed by Infinitive except 6 t. see below) human subject Gen 37:35 (J), Jer 31:15; Exod 22:17* (twice in verse); Num 20:21; Num 22:14 (all E), Deut 25:7; 1Sam 8:19; 2Sam 2:23; 2Sam 13:9; 1Kgs 20:35; 1Kgs 21:15; Esth 1:12; Jer 50:33 compare Job 6:7; Ps 77:3*; Prov 21:25; Jer 15:18 without Infinitive ‎וַיְמָאֵן וַיּאֹמֶר‎ Gen 39:8; Gen 48:19 (both J), 1Sam 28:23; also 2Kgs 5:16 especially of refusing to obey ‎׳‎‎י‎'s commands Exod 4:23; Exod 7:14; Exod 10:3; Exod 16:28 (all J), Neh 9:17 also Ps 78:10; Prov 21:7; Hos 11:5, see especially Jer 3:3; Jer 5:3 (twice in verse); Jer 8:5; Jer 9:5*; Jer 11:10 compare Jer 25:28; Zech 7:11 without Infinitive = be recusant Prov 1:24; Isa 1:20 once subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Num 22:13 (E).

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