נוּא
nu
“to forbid”
Definition
to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נוּא appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
For 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.
Let 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.
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations;He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
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