Lexicon mana: to withhold, hold back Original Word: מָנַעPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: mana Phonetic Spelling: (maw-nah') Short Definition: withheld NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto withhold, hold back NASB Translationheld back (2), hinder (1), hold back (1), holds (1), keep (2), keep back (1), kept (1), refuse (2), restrain (1), restrained (2), restrains (1), withheld (8), withhold (5), withholds (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מָנַע verb withhold, hold back (Late Hebrew id.; Zinjirli מנע DHM Sendsch. 60; Arabic ; Sabean מנע Levy-Os ZMG xix. 1865, 268; Aramaic מְנַע) — Qal Perfect ׳מ Genesis 30:2; suffix מְנָעַ֫נִי 1 Samuel 25:34; מָנַ֫עְתָּ Psalm 21:3; Nehemiah 9:20, etc.; Imperfect יִמְנַעֿ Psalm 84:12; suffix יִמְנָעֵָ֫נִי 2 Samuel 13:13 etc.; Imperative מְנַע Proverbs 1:15; מִנְעִי Jeremiah 2:25; Jeremiah 31:16; Participle מֹנֵעַ Proverbs 11:26; Jeremiah 48:10; — withhold, followed by מִן Genesis 30:2 (object מְּרִיבֶֿטֶן), Amos 4:7 (rain), Nehemiah 9:20 (manna; all subject ׳י); Job 22:7 (bread), 1 Kings 20:7 (object omitted; both human subject), so Jeremiah 48:10 (sword), Ecclesiastes 2:10 (heart), Jeremiah 5:25 (good), Proverbs 3:27 (id., Proverbs 1:15 (foot); Jeremiah 2:25 (id.) Jeremiah 31:16 (voice); further, 2 Samuel 13:13 (woman), Jeremiah 42:4 (knowledge), Job 31:16 (poor), Proverbs 23:13 (correction), object omitted ׳י subject Proverbs 30:7; מִן omitted Proverbs 11:26 (object corn); compare Psalm 21:3 subject ׳י (object אֲרֶשֶׁת שְׂפָתָיו "" נָתַן תַּאֲוַת לֵב), Job 20:13 figurative (wickedness), Ezekiel 31:15 ׳י subject (object rivers); object person ׳י subject followed by מן Numbers 24:11; followed by מִן + infinitive 1 Samuel 25:26,34; followed by לְ, subject ׳י Psalm 84:12 (good). Niph`al Perfect נִמְנַע Joel 1:13; Imperfect יִמָּנַע Job 38:15, etc.; be withholden followed by מִן, subject מִנְחָה etc. Joel 1:13; light from wicked Job 38:15; Numbers 22:16 (followed by מִן + infinitive); subject showers (רְבִבִים) Jeremiah 3:3.
Strong's deny, keep back, refrain, restrain, withhold A primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury -- deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold. |