מִנְחָה minchah

Hebrew word for “offering” · Strong’s H4503 · used 211 times in 194 verses

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Meaning

: offering/sacrifice;

Senses in the lexicon

• offering (176)
• offering: gift (20)
• offering: tribute (15)

How it is translated

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

• grain offering 135
• offering 33
• gift 18
• tribute 16
• like the grain offering 4
• grain offerings 3
• offerings 2

Where it is used

Also in 12 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 29 (21), Leviticus 2 (13), Numbers 7 (13), Numbers 28 (9), Ezekiel 46 (6), Leviticus 6 (5), Genesis 32 (4), Genesis 43 (4), Leviticus 14 (4), Leviticus 23 (4)

Forms

• מנחה 54
• המנחה 39
• ומנחה 19
• למנחה 19
• מנחת 17
• ומנחתם 14
• מנחתו 7
• ומנחתה 7
• ומנחתו 4
• מנחתם 4

Words used with it

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

• שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 48
• סֹלֶת solet “fine flour” 37
• נֶסֶךְ nesekh “drink offering” 36
• בָּלַל balal “to mix” 33
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 43
• אֶחָד echad “one” 35
• קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 21
• אַיִל ayil “ram” 23
• פַּר par “bullock” 20
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 19
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 23
• קָרַב qarav “to present” 22

Key verses

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

• Genesis 43:11 — And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a…
• 1 Samuel 26:19 — Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if…
• 1 Kings 18:36 — And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of…
• Psalms 72:10 — The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
• Psalms 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Ezekiel 45:17 — And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths,…
• Daniel 9:21 — Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the…
• Daniel 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the…
• Malachi 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…
• Malachi 3:3 — And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the…

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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.