Quick Definition
to forbid
Strong's Definition
to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
TWOT Reference: 1317
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate
1a) (Qal) to hinder, hold back
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to restrain, forbid, frustrate
1b2) to restrain, make averse, discourage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate
1a) (Qal) to hinder, hold back
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to restrain, forbid, frustrate
1b2) to restrain, make averse, discourage
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
נוּא
nû
BDB Definition:
1) to hinder, hold back, forbid, disallow, restrain, frustrate
1a) (Qal) to hinder, hold back
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to restrain, forbid, frustrate
1b2) to restrain, make averse, discourage
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1317
Total KJV Occurrences: 9