Occurrences
Mâʼên occurs 41 times in 39 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (5), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Esther (1), Job (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (9), Hosea (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 37:35 — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused (וַיְמָאֵן֙) to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
- Genesis 39:8 — But he refused (וַיְמָאֵ֓ן), and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
- Genesis 48:19 — And his father refused (וַיְמָאֵ֣ן), and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
- Exodus 4:23 — And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse (וַתְּמָאֵ֖ן) to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
- Exodus 7:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart is hardened, he refuseth (מֵאֵ֖ן) to let the people go.
- Exodus 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse (מֵאַ֔נְתָּ) to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 16:28 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse (מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם) ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Exodus 22:17 — If her father utterly refuse (מָאֵ֧ן) to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- Exodus 22:17 — If her father utterly refuse (יְמָאֵ֛ן) to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- Numbers 20:21 — Thus Edom refused (וַיְמָאֵ֣ן) to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
- Numbers 22:13 — And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth (מֵאֵ֣ן) to give me leave to go with you.
- Numbers 22:14 — And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth (מֵאֵ֥ן) to come with us.
- Deuteronomy 25:7 — And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth (מֵאֵ֨ין) to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
- 1 Samuel 8:19 — Nevertheless the people refused (וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ) to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
- 1 Samuel 28:23 — But he refused (וַיְמָאֵ֗ן), and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
- 2 Samuel 2:23 — Howbeit he refused (וַיְמָאֵ֣ן) to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
- 2 Samuel 13:9 — And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused (וַיְמָאֵ֖ן) to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
- 1 Kings 20:35 — And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused (וַיְמָאֵ֥ן) to smite him.
- 1 Kings 21:15 — And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused (מֵאֵן֙) to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
- 2 Kings 5:16 — But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused (וַיְמָאֵֽן).
- Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused (וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ) to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
- Esther 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused (וַתְּמָאֵ֞ן) to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Job 6:7 — The things that my soul refused (מֵאֲנָ֣ה) to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
- Psalms 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused (מֵאֲנָ֖ה) to be comforted.
- Psalms 78:10 — They kept not the covenant of God, and refused (מֵאֲנ֥וּ) to walk in his law;
- Proverbs 1:24 — Because I have called, and ye refused (וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ); I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
- Proverbs 21:7 — The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse (מֵ֝אֲנ֗וּ) to do judgment.
- Proverbs 21:25 — The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse (מֵאֲנ֖וּ) to labour.
- Isaiah 1:20 — But if ye refuse (תְּמָאֲנ֖וּ) and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
- Jeremiah 3:3 — Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst (מֵאַ֖נְתְּ) to be ashamed.
- Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused (מֵאֲנ֖וּ) to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused (מֵאֲנ֖וּ) to return.
- Jeremiah 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse (מֵאֲנ֖וּ) to return.
- Jeremiah 9:6 — Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse (מֵאֲנ֥וּ) to know me, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 11:10 — They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused (מֵֽאֲנוּ֙) to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
- Jeremiah 15:18 — Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth (מֵֽאֲנָה֙) to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
- Jeremiah 25:28 — And it shall be, if they refuse (יְמָאֲנ֛וּ) to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink.
- Jeremiah 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused (מֵאֲנָ֛ה) to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
- Jeremiah 50:33 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused (מֵאֲנ֖וּ) to let them go.
- Hosea 11:5 — He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused (מֵאֲנ֖וּ) to return.
- Zechariah 7:11 — But they refused (וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ) to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.