Mânaʻ — H4513

H4513 · Hebrew — מנע

Pronunciation: maw-nah'

Definition

verb

to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury

  1. to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder
    1. (Qal) to withhold
    2. (Niphal) to be withheld

Usually translated as

withhold, refrain, deny, keep, restrain

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Mânaʻ occurs 28 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Numbers (2), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (4), Psalms (1), Proverbs (5), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (1), Joel (1), Amos (1)

Strong's Lexicon — M