מָנָה manah

Hebrew word for “portion” · Strong’s H4490 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

part, portion

How it is translated

Glosses given for manah in context, with how often each is used:

• portions 7
• portion 6

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 1 (2), Nehemiah 8 (2), Esther 9 (2), Exodus 29 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 8 (1), 1 Samuel 9 (1), 2 Chronicles 31 (1), Esther 2 (1), Psalms 16 (1)

Forms

• מנות 6
• למנה 3
• מנה 1
• המנה 1
• מנותה 1
• מנת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with manah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 3
• מִשְׁלַח mishlach “sending” 2
• חָזֶה chazeh “breast” 2
• מִלֻּא millu “setting” 2
• תְּנוּפָה tenuphah “wave offering” 2
• נוּף nuph “to wave” 2
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 3
• מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh “feast” 2
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 3
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 2
• רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 2

Key verses

The verses using manah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 29:26 — And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
• Leviticus 7:33 — He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
• Leviticus 8:29 — And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• 1 Samuel 1:4 — And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
• 1 Samuel 1:5 — But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
• 2 Chronicles 31:19 — Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to…
• Nehemiah 8:10 — Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our…
• Nehemiah 8:12 — And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared…
• Esther 2:9 — And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and…
• Esther 9:19 — Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day,…
• Esther 9:22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that…
• Psalms 16:5 — The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.