נוּא (nûʾ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning hinder. It appears
9 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5106).
Also rendered
to forbid
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1317)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1317)hinder, restrain, frustrate; forbid, refuse, refrain, make averse; dissuade, neutralize; break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נואverb: hinder, restrain, frustrate
Hiphil
1.restrain, forbid (performance of vow); frustrate (device of people); refuse
2.refrain, make averse the heart
Strong's H5106נוּא: to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize KJV:break, disallow, discourage, make of none effect.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.