Mana מָנַע

Mana (Hebrew מָנַע, Strong's H4513) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to withhold”. It occurs 29 times in 29 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Mana, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 30:2
  And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”

Numbers

• Numbers 22:16
  And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
• Numbers 24:11
  Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 25:26
  Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
• 1 Samuel 25:34
  For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 13:13
  And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 20:7
  Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, I did not deny him.”

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:20
  Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

Job

• Job 20:13
  Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
• Job 22:7
  Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
• Job 31:16
  If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Job 38:15
  And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Psalms

• Psalm 21:2
  Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
• Psalm 84:11
  For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:15
  My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
• Proverbs 3:27
  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
• Proverbs 11:26
  He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
• Proverbs 23:13
  Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
• Proverbs 30:7
  Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:Two things I ask of You— do not refuse me before I die:

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 2:10
  And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 2:25
  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
• Jeremiah 3:3
  Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 5:25
  Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.
• Jeremiah 31:16
  Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
• Jeremiah 42:4
  Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”
• Jeremiah 48:10
  Cursed be he that doeth the work of the Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 31:15
  Thus saith the Lord God; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.

Joel

• Joel 1:13
  Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

Amos

• Amos 4:7
  And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).