- Original: מנע - Transliteration: mana` - Phonetic: maw-nah' - Definition: 1. to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder a. (Qal) to withhold b. (Niphal) to be withheld - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1216 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury: - deny keep (back) refrain restrain withhold. Total KJV Occurrences: 29 • back, 4 Numbers 24:11; 1 Samuel 25:34; Jeremiah 42:4; Jeremiah 48:10 • denied, 1 1 Kings 20:7 • deny, 1 Proverbs 30:7 • hinder, 1 Numbers 22:16 • refrain, 2 Proverbs 1:15; Jeremiah 31:16 • restrained, 1 Ezekiel 31:15 • still, 1 Job 20:13 • withheld, 11 Genesis 30:2; 1 Samuel 25:26; Job 22:7; Job 31:16; Job 38:15; Psalm 21:2; Ecclesiastes 2:10; Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 5:25; Joel 1:13; Amos 4:7 • withheldest, 1 Nehemiah 9:20 • withhold, 5 2 Samuel 13:13; Psalm 84:11; Proverbs 3:27; Proverbs 23:13; Jeremiah 2:25 • withholdeth, 1 Proverbs 11:26