# Cim-Be-Nun — جبن (jbn)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/jbn

- **Meaning:** Cowardly, weak hearted, He held back/refrained through cowardice. The temple/side of the forehead, brow.
- **Derived forms:** جَبِين (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** لِلْجَبِينِ — lil'jabīni · "upon his forehead"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَلَمَّٓا اَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَب۪ينِۚ

Falamma aslama watallahuliljabeen

And when they had submitted, and he had thrown him down upon his brow,

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-103.md_

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