מֵאֵן
mêʼên · H3987 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to refuse
State in which humans and deities are unwilling to assent to a suggestion or proposal
ExamplesJeremiah 13:10 ‘This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have followed other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this undergarment which is completely useless.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַםpeople 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- סָרַר çârar · H5637 · to be rebellious, to be stubborn
- סָרַר carries the notion of stubborn refusal or rebellion, often used in contexts where someone refuses to obey or comply, semantically overlapping with the idea of refusing but with an added nuance of defiant disobedience.
Contrasting words 1 word
- אָבָה ʼâbâh · H14 · to be willing to, to accept, to want to have something to do with
- אָבָה means to be willing, to consent, or to agree to do something, making it the direct lexical opposite of מֵאֵן 'refuse.' Where מֵאֵן expresses unwillingness to comply, אָבָה expresses willingness to comply.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀρνέομαι arnéomai · G720 · to deny
- ἀρνέομαι is the standard Greek verb for refusing or denying something, frequently used in contexts of refusing to accept, acknowledge, or comply with something, making it a natural translation equivalent for the Hebrew מֵאֵן 'refuse.'
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Unwilling002001002031
- This distinct homonym מֵאֵן also describes refusal, illustrated at its sole occurrence, Jeremiah 13:10 (a people who "refuse to listen").
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3987. meen [מֵאֵן] adjective id. plural מֵאֲנִים followed by Infinitive, of disobeying…
[מֵאֵן] adjective id. plural מֵאֲנִים followed by Infinitive, of disobeying ׳י Jer 13:10.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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