Nu means “refuse” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5106 — toinyn (“then”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5106 נוּא (nuw') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. nuw' (noo) v. 1. to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize [a primitive root] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include disallowed, disallow, discourage, none, and break. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
nuw' (noo) v. 1. to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize [a primitive root] KJV: break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5106. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to forbid
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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render nuw', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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7 indexed usages in Old Testament.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5106.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5106, grouped by book.
Nu (Strong's H5106) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "refuse". nuw' (noo) v. 1. to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize [a primitive root]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's H5106 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5106 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as disallowed, disallow, discourage, none, and break. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.