# H3986 מָאֵן

מָאֵן (mâʼên), Strong’s H3986: unwilling KJV: refuse.. Occurs 4 times.

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*mâʼên* — unwilling

KJV: refuse.

Derived from [מָאֵן mâʼên](https://besorah.bible/word/H3985) (to refuse)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מָאֵן adj.verb. refusing

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 7:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=27) — If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your borders with frogs.
- [Exodus 9:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=2) — For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
- [Exodus 10:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/10?v=4) — Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
- [Jeremiah 38:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=21) — But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: