maw-ane'
a primitive root; to refuse:--refuse, X utterly.
And all his sons [01121] and all his daughters [01323] rose up [06965] to comfort [05162] him; but he refused [03985] to be comforted [05162]; and he said [0559], For I will go down [03381] into the grave [07585] unto my son [01121] mourning [057]. Thus his father [01] wept [01058] for him.
But he refused [03985], and said [0559] unto his master's [0113] wife [0802], Behold, my master [0113] wotteth [03045] not what is with me in the house [01004], and he hath committed [05414] all that he hath [03426] to my hand [03027];
And his father [01] refused [03985], and said [0559], I know [03045] it, my son [01121], I know [03045] it: he also shall become a people [05971], and he also shall be great [01431]: but truly [0199] his younger [06996] brother [0251] shall be greater [01431] than he, and his seed [02233] shall become a multitude [04393] of nations [01471].multitude: Heb. fulness
And I say [0559] unto thee, Let my son [01121] go [07971], that he may serve [05647] me: and if thou refuse [03985] to let him go [07971], behold, I will slay [02026] thy son [01121], even thy firstborn [01060].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Pharaoh's [06547] heart [03820] is hardened [03515], he refuseth [03985] to let the people [05971] go [07971].
And Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] came in [0935] unto Pharaoh [06547], and said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680], How long [04970] wilt thou refuse [03985] to humble [06031] thyself before [06440] me? let my people [05971] go [07971], that they may serve [05647] me.
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], How long refuse [03985] ye to keep [08104] my commandments [04687] and my laws [08451]?
If her father [01] utterly [03985] refuse [03985] to give [05414] her unto him, he shall pay [08254] money [03701] according to the dowry [04119] of virgins [01330].pay: Heb. weigh
Thus Edom [0123] refused [03985] to give [05414] Israel [03478] passage [05674] through his border [01366]: wherefore Israel [03478] turned away [05186] from him.
And Balaam [01109] rose up [06965] in the morning [01242], and said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of Balak [01111], Get [03212] you into your land [0776]: for the Lord [03068] refuseth [03985] to give me leave [05414] to go [01980] with you.
And the princes [08269] of Moab [04124] rose up [06965], and they went [0935] unto Balak [01111], and said [0559], Balaam [01109] refuseth [03985] to come [01980] with us.
And if the man [0376] like [02654] not to take [03947] his brother's wife [02994], then let his brother's wife [02994] go up [05927] to the gate [08179] unto the elders [02205], and say [0559], My husband's brother [02993] refuseth [03985] to raise up [06965] unto his brother [0251] a name [08034] in Israel [03478], he will [014] not perform the duty of my husband's brother [02992].brother's: or, next kinsman's
Nevertheless the people [05971] refused [03985] to obey [08085] the voice [06963] of Samuel [08050]; and they said [0559], Nay; but we will have a king [04428] over us;
But he refused [03985], and said [0559], I will not eat [0398]. But his servants [05650], together with the woman [0802], compelled [06555] him; and he hearkened [08085] unto their voice [06963]. So he arose [06965] from the earth [0776], and sat [03427] upon the bed [04296].
Howbeit he refused [03985] to turn aside [05493]: wherefore Abner [074] with the hinder end [0310] of the spear [02595] smote [05221] him under [0413] the fifth [02570] rib, that the spear [02595] came out [03318] behind [0310] him; and he fell down [05307] there, and died [04191] in the same place [08478]: and it came to pass, that as many as came [0935] to the place [04725] where Asahel [06214] fell down [05307] and died [04191] stood still [05975].
And she took [03947] a pan [04958], and poured them out [03332] before [06440] him; but he refused [03985] to eat [0398]. And Amnon [0550] said [0559], Have out [03318] all men [0376] from me. And they went out [03318] every man [0376] from him.
And a certain [0259] man [0376] of the sons [01121] of the prophets [05030] said [0559] unto his neighbour [07453] in the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], Smite [05221] me, I pray thee. And the man [0376] refused [03985] to smite [05221] him.
And it came to pass, when Jezebel [0348] heard [08085] that Naboth [05022] was stoned [05619], and was dead [04191], that Jezebel [0348] said [0559] to Ahab [0256], Arise [06965], take possession [03423] of the vineyard [03754] of Naboth [05022] the Jezreelite [03158], which he refused [03985] to give [05414] thee for money [03701]: for Naboth [05022] is not alive [02416], but dead [04191].
But he said [0559], As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], before [06440] whom I stand [05975], I will receive [03947] none. And he urged [06484] him to take [03947] it; but he refused [03985].
And refused [03985] to obey [08085], neither were mindful [02142] of thy wonders [06381] that thou didst [06213] among them; but hardened [07185] their necks [06203], and in their rebellion [04805] appointed [05414] a captain [07218] to return [07725] to their bondage [05659]: but thou art a God [0433] ready to pardon [05547], gracious [02587] and merciful [07349], slow [0750] to anger [0639], and of great [07227] kindness [02617], and forsookest [05800] them not.a God…: Heb. a God of pardons
But the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] refused [03985] to come [0935] at the king's [04428] commandment [01697] by [03027] his chamberlains [05631]: therefore was the king [04428] very [03966] wroth [07107], and his anger [02534] burned [01197] in him.by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
The things that my soul [05315] refused [03985] to touch [05060] are as my sorrowful [01741] meat [03899].
In the day [03117] of my trouble [06869] I sought [01875] the Lord [0136]: my sore [03027] ran [05064] in the night [03915], and ceased [06313] not: my soul [05315] refused [03985] to be comforted [05162].sore: Heb. hand
They kept [08104] not the covenant [01285] of God [0430], and refused [03985] to walk [03212] in his law [08451];
Because I have called [07121], and ye refused [03985]; I have stretched out [05186] my hand [03027], and no man regarded [07181];
The robbery [07701] of the wicked [07563] shall destroy [01641] them; because they refuse [03985] to do [06213] judgment [04941].destroy…: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them
The desire [08378] of the slothful [06102] killeth [04191] him; for his hands [03027] refuse [03985] to labour [06213].
But if ye refuse [03985] and rebel [04784], ye shall be devoured [0398] with the sword [02719]: for the mouth [06310] of the Lord [03068] hath spoken [01696] it.
Therefore the showers [07241] have been withholden [04513], and there hath been no latter rain [04456]; and thou hadst a whore's [0802] [02181] forehead [04696], thou refusedst [03985] to be ashamed [03637].
O Lord [03068], are not thine eyes [05869] upon the truth [0530]? thou hast stricken [05221] them, but they have not grieved [02342]; thou hast consumed [03615] them, but they have refused [03985] to receive [03947] correction [04148]: they have made their faces [06440] harder [02388] than a rock [05553]; they have refused [03985] to return [07725].
Why then is this people [05971] of Jerusalem [03389] slidden back [07725] by a perpetual [05329] backsliding [04878]? they hold [02388] fast deceit [08649], they refuse [03985] to return [07725].
Thine habitation [03427] is in the midst [08432] of deceit [04820]; through deceit [04820] they refuse [03985] to know [03045] me, saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
They are turned back [07725] to the iniquities [05771] of their forefathers [01] [07223], which refused [03985] to hear [08085] my words [01697]; and they went [01980] after [0310] other [0312] gods [0430] to serve [05647] them: the house [01004] of Israel [03478] and the house [01004] of Judah [03063] have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] which I made [03772] with their fathers [01].
Why is my pain [03511] perpetual [05331], and my wound [04347] incurable [0605], which refuseth [03985] to be healed [07495]? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar [0391], and as waters [04325] that fail [0539]?fail: Heb. be not sure?
And it shall be, if they refuse [03985] to take [03947] the cup [03563] at thine hand [03027] to drink [08354], then shalt thou say [0559] unto them, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; Ye shall certainly [08354] drink [08354].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; A voice [06963] was heard [08085] in Ramah [07414], lamentation [05092], and bitter [08563] weeping [01065]; Rahel [07354] weeping [01058] for her children [01121] refused [03985] to be comforted [05162] for her children [01121], because they were not.
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of hosts [06635]; The children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Judah [03063] were oppressed [06231] together [03162]: and all that took them captives [07617] held them fast [02388]; they refused [03985] to let them go [07971].
He shall not return [07725] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], but the Assyrian [0804] shall be his king [04428], because they refused [03985] to return [07725].
But they refused [03985] to hearken [07181], and pulled away [05637] [05414] the shoulder [03802], and stopped [03513] their ears [0241], that they should not hear [08085].pulled…: Heb. they gave a backsliding shoulderstopped: Heb. made heavy