Strong's Lexicon man: Manna Original Word: מָן Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to allot or apportion. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Exodus 16:15 (BSB): "When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, 'What is it?' For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, 'It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.'" - Numbers 11:7-9 (BSB): Describes the appearance and taste of manna. - Deuteronomy 8:3 (BSB): "He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD." 10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: - G3131 (μάννα, manna): Used in the New Testament to refer to the manna provided to the Israelites and as a metaphor for spiritual nourishment (e.g., John 6:31-58). Usage: The term "man" refers to the miraculous food provided by God to the Israelites during their 40-year journey in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. Cultural and Historical Background: It is described as a small, round substance that appeared on the ground each morning, which the Israelites gathered and used to make bread. The manna was a daily provision, except on the Sabbath, when a double portion was provided the day before. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) corresponding to man Definition who? NASB Translation what (2), who (2), whoever (2), whom* (1), whomever* (3). Brown-Driver-Briggs מַן (so Gi, with most MSS., supported by Syriac  , Arabic  ; see K§ 22, 1), מָן (Baer: see on Daniel 3:6), interrogative pronoun who? (Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene מן Lzb312 Cooke188), ᵑ7 מן, Syriac 1 who? Ezra 5:3,9; strengthened by הוּא, Daniel 3:15 וּמַןהֿוּא אֱלָהּ דִּי who is the God who . . . ? (compare Syriac 2 מַןדּֿי whosoever (literally who is there that . . .? see Biblical Hebrew מִי g) Daniel 3:6,11 מִןדִּֿי לָא יִמֵּל, Daniel 4:14 וּלְמִן דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּהּ to whomsoever he willeth, he giveth it, Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:29; Daniel 5:21 (so Nabataean מן די, Cooke241, 325 ff.; ᵑ7 מַן דְּ; Syriac Strong's Exhaustive Concordance what, whomsoever, (Aramaic) from mah; who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively) -- what, who(-msoever, + -so). see HEBREW mah Forms and Transliterations וּלְמַן־ וּמַן־ ולמן־ ומן־ מַן־ מן־ man man- ū·lə·man- ū·man- uleman ūləman- uman ūman-Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Ezra 5:3 HEB: אָמְרִ֣ין לְהֹ֔ם מַן־ שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם NAS: to them thus, Who issued KJV: unto them, Who hath commanded INT: thus and spoke Who issued A decree Ezra 5:4 Ezra 5:9 Daniel 3:5 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15 Daniel 4:17 Daniel 4:25 Daniel 4:32 Daniel 5:21 10 Occurrences |
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WCG 123: Biblical Hebrew מִי); — 
contracted from 
, and מַנּוּ in the Syriacizing ᵑ7 to Proverbs: also Biblical Hebrew מִי הוּא, הוּא 4b β); so in the plural 
; compare Egyptian Aramaic S-CPap. K 7, 12 ולמן זי צבית תנתן). 
