Nûwʼ — H5106

Definition

verb

to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize

1. to hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate
1. (Qal) to hinder, hold back
2. (Hiphil)
1. to restrain, forbid, frustrate
2. to restrain, make averse, discourage

Usually translated as

break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• athetéō (G114)
• aphístēmi (G868)
• diastréphō (G1294)
• merís (G3310)

Occurrences

Nûwʼ occurs 8 times in 7 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (5), Psalms (2)

• Numbers 30:5 — But if her father disallow (הֵנִ֨יא) her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
• Numbers 30:5 — But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed (הֵנִ֥יא) her.
• Numbers 30:8 — But if her husband disallowed (יָנִ֣יא) her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
• Numbers 30:11 — And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed (הֵנִ֖יא) her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
• Numbers 32:7 — And wherefore discourage (תְנִיא֔וּן) ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
• Numbers 32:9 — For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged (וַיָּנִ֕יאוּ) the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
• Psalms 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect (הֵ֝נִ֗יא).
• Psalms 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break (יָנִ֣י) my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.