What does מָנַע mean in the Bible?
מָנַע is a Hebrew word meaning "to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury".
Hebrew · H4513
מָנַע
To debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
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מָנַע H4513
What does מָנַע mean in the Bible?
מָנַע is a Hebrew word meaning "to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4513?
The BSB source-word alignment has 29 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include withhold (4), withheld (2), and keeps (1), and withheld (1), are withheld (1).
Where does מָנַע appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 30:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (6), Proverbs (5), Job (4), 1 Samuel (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It withhold 4× Nehemiah 9:20, Proverbs 3:27, Proverbs 23:13, Jeremiah 42:4
withheld 2× Psalms 21:2, Amos 4:7
and keeps 1× Job 20:13
and withheld 1× Job 22:7
are withheld 1× Joel 1:13
deny 1× 1 Kings 20:7
has denied 1× Numbers 24:11
has held you back 1× 1 Samuel 25:26
has restrained me 1× 1 Samuel 25:34
has withheld 1× Genesis 30:2
have been withheld 1× Jeremiah 3:3
have deprived 1× Jeremiah 5:25
he who withholds 1× Jeremiah 48:10
He withholds 1× Psalms 84:11
hinder 1× Numbers 22:16
I have denied 1× Job 31:16
I held back 1× Ezekiel 31:15
I refused 1× Ecclesiastes 2:10
is withheld 1× Job 38:15
Keep 1× Jeremiah 31:16
or set 1× Proverbs 1:15
refuse me 1× Proverbs 30:7
the hoarder 1× Proverbs 11:26
withhold me 1× 2 Samuel 13:13
You should have kept 1× Jeremiah 2:25
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 30:2 מָנַ֥ע to has withheld Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Numbers 22:16 תִמָּנַ֖ע to hinder Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Numbers 24:11 מְנָעֲךָ֥ to has denied Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular 1 Samuel 25:26 מְנָעֲךָ֤ to has held you back Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular 1 Samuel 25:34 מְנָעַ֔נִי to has restrained me Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular 2 Samuel 13:13 יִמְנָעֵ֖נִי to withhold me Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular 1 Kings 20:7 מָנַ֖עְתִּי to deny Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Nehemiah 9:20 מָנַ֣עְתָּ to withhold Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Job 20:13 וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה to and keeps Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular Job 22:7 תִּֽמְנַֽע־ to and withheld Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 30:2
Aligned rows 29
Books represented 14
Genesis 1 Numbers 2 1 Samuel 2 2 Samuel 1 1 Kings 1 Nehemiah 1 Job 4 Psalms 2 Proverbs 5 Ecclesiastes 1 Jeremiah 6 Ezekiel 1 Joel 1 Amos 1
Source forms
מִנְעִ֤י 2x min·‘î Jeremiah 2:25, Jeremiah 31:16
מָנַ֨עְתִּי 2x mā·na‘·tî Ecclesiastes 2:10, Amos 4:7
אֶ֭מְנַע 1x ’em·na‘ Job 31:16
אֶמְנַ֥ע 1x ’em·na‘ Jeremiah 42:4
וָֽאֶמְנַע֙ 1x wā·’em·na‘ Ezekiel 31:15
וְיִמָּנַ֣ע 1x wə·yim·mā·na‘ Job 38:15
וַיִּמָּנְע֣וּ 1x way·yim·mā·nə·‘ū Jeremiah 3:3
וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה 1x wə·yim·nā·‘en·nāh Job 20:13
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 4x Job 22:7, Proverbs 3:27, Proverbs 23:13, Proverbs 30:7
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular 3x 1 Kings 20:7, Ecclesiastes 2:10, Amos 4:7
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular 2x Jeremiah 2:25, Jeremiah 31:16
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular 2x Job 31:16, Jeremiah 42:4
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 2x Proverbs 11:26, Jeremiah 48:10
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular 2x Nehemiah 9:20, Psalms 21:2
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular 2x Numbers 24:11, 1 Samuel 25:26
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Job 38:15
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
Source Gloss
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury BDB: withhold Usage: deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 21
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 19×
Perfect 1Kgs 20:7 · Amos 4:7 · Eccl 2:10 · Neh 9:20 · Ps 21:3 · Gen 30:2 · Jer 5:25 7×
Imperfect Jer 42:4 · Job 31:16 · Job 22:7 · Ps 84:12 4×
Jussive Prov 3:27 · Prov 23:13 · Prov 30:7 3×
Sequential imperfect Jer 2:25 · Jer 31:16 · Prov 1:15 3×
Participle active Jer 48:10 · Prov 11:26 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Perfect Joel 1:13 1×
Jussive Num 22:16 1×
Word Origins
מָנַע is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain