Word Study · Strong's H4513 · Hebrew
מָנַע
mana
maw-nah'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mânaʻ
“to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
Rendered in the KJV as
deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
- 29occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 27inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 29 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 27
- מִנְעִ֤י2
- מָנַ֨עְתִּי2
- אֶ֭מְנַע1
- אֶמְנַ֥ע1
- וָֽאֶמְנַע֙1
- וְיִמָּנַ֣ע1
- וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ1
- וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה1
- יִמְנַע־1
- יִמְנָעֵ֖נִי1
- מְנַ֥ע1
- מָנַ֥ע1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 23
- restrain3
- [one who] withholds2
- I withheld2
- you have withheld2
- you withhold2
- and he withholds it1
- and I withheld1
- and they have been withheld1
- he has restrained me1
- he has restrained you1
- he has withheld1
- he has withheld you1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 20
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular3
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular2
- HC/VNu3ms1
- Hc/VNw3mp1
- HC/Vqu3ms/Sp3fs1
- Hc/Vqw1cs1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqj2ms · 3
- HVqp1cs · 3
- HVqi1cs · 2
- HVqp2ms · 2
- HVqp3ms/Sp2ms · 2
- HVqrmsa · 2
- HVqv2fs · 2
- HC/VNu3ms · 1
- Hc/VNw3mp · 1
- HC/Vqu3ms/Sp3fs · 1
- Hc/Vqw1cs · 1
- HVNj2ms · 1
All 29, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 22:16תִמָּנַ֖עtimana'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularThey came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,here: let yourself be restrained
- Numbers 24:11מְנָעֲךָ֥menaakhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularTherefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”here: he has withheld you
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 25:26מְנָעֲךָ֤menaakhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularNow, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.here: he has restrained you
- 1 Samuel 25:34מְנָעַ֔נִיmenaaniverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularOtherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”here: he has restrained me
Job4 occurrences
- Job 20:13וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּהveyimnaenahHC/Vqu3ms/Sp3fsthough he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,here: and he withholds it
- Job 22:7תִּֽמְנַֽע־timna'-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,here: you have withheld
- Job 31:16אֶ֭מְנַעʾemna'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularIf I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,here: I withheld
- Job 38:15וְיִמָּנַ֣עveyimana'HC/VNu3msLight is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.here: so it may be withheld
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 21:2מָנַ֥עְתָּmana'taverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selahhere: you have withheld
- Psalms 84:11יִמְנַע־yimna'-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.here: he withholds
Proverbs5 occurrences
- Proverbs 1:15מְנַ֥עmena'verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularmy son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.here: restrain
- Proverbs 3:27תִּמְנַע־timna'-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.here: you withhold
- Proverbs 11:26מֹ֣נֵֽעַmonea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.here: [one who] withholds
- Proverbs 23:13תִּמְנַ֣עtimna'verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.here: you withhold
- Proverbs 30:7תִּמְנַ֥עtimna'verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularTwo things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:here: you withhold [them]
Jeremiah6 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:25מִנְעִ֤יminiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularYou should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’here: restrain
- Jeremiah 3:3וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּvaiyimaneuHc/VNw3mpTherefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.here: and they have been withheld
- Jeremiah 5:25מָנְע֥וּmaneuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralYour iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.here: they have withheld
- Jeremiah 31:16מִנְעִ֤יminiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularThis is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.here: restrain
- Jeremiah 42:4אֶמְנַ֥עʾemna'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”here: I will withhold
- Jeremiah 48:10מֹנֵ֥עַmonea'verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularCursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.here: [one who] withholds