מָנַע mana

Hebrew word for “to withhold” · Strong’s H4513 · used 29 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder; 1a) (Qal) to withhold; 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld

How it is translated

Glosses given for mana in context, with how often each is used:

• withheld 5
• have withheld 3
• restrain 3
• withhold 3
• has withheld 2
• has restrained 2
• will withhold 2
• withholds 2
• one who withholds 2
• yourself be restrained 1
• may be withheld 1
• restrained 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 25 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Numbers 22 (1), Numbers 24 (1), 2 Samuel 13 (1), 1 Kings 20 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 22 (1), Job 31 (1)

Forms

• תמנע 5
• מנע 4
• מנעתי 3
• מנעך 2
• מנעת 2
• אמנע 2
• מנעי 2
• מנעני 1
• ימנעני 1
• וימנענה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mana more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַל al “not” 5
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 4
• נָבָל naval “Nabal” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 5
• נָא na “please” 3
• מִן־ min “from” 4
• עַתָּה attah “now” 3
• כֶם khem “you” 3
• מַי mayim “water” 3
• כֹּה koh “thus” 3
• אוֹר or “light” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 3

Key verses

The verses using mana that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 30:2 — And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
• 1 Samuel 25:26 — Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself…
• Nehemiah 9:20 — Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
• Job 31:16 — If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Proverbs 1:15 — My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
• Ecclesiastes 2:10 — And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of…
• Jeremiah 2:25 — Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
• Jeremiah 3:3 — Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 31:16 — Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from…
• Joel 1:13 — Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and…
• Amos 4:7 — And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.