נוּא
nûwʼ · noo
to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- disallowed2 · 20%
- and wherefore discourage ye2 · 20%
- disallow1 · 10%
- at her, and disallowed1 · 10%
- they discouraged1 · 10%
- he maketh1 · 10%
- of none effect1 · 10%
- which shall not break1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.