Definition
a primitive root; to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
Traditional renderings: break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
Traditional renderings: break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders נוּא:
- ἀφίστημιaphistēmi“to leave”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Numbers 30:5הֵנִ֨יא · prohibits her; הֵנִ֥יא · has prohibited herBut if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
- Numbers 30:8יָנִ֣יא · prohibitsBut if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
- Numbers 30:11הֵנִ֖יא · prohibit her…and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
- Numbers 32:7תְנוּאוּן · are you discouragingWhy are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
- Numbers 32:9וַיָּנִ֕יאוּ · they discouragedFor when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- Psalm 33:10הֵ֝נִ֗יא · He thwartsThe LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- Psalm 141:5יָנִ֣י · refuse itLet the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.