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HebrewH4519Proper Noun (Masculine)

מְנַשֶּׁה

me.nash.sheh

121Occurrences
H4519Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

from H5382 (נָשָׁה); causing to forget;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H0621); brother of: Ephraim (H0669); married to Aramitess (H0761); father of: Machir (H4353) and Asriel (H0844H) § Manasseh = "causing to forget" 1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh 1a) the tribe descended from Manasseh 1b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh 2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile 3) a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of ) a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מְנַשֶּׁה appears 121 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
37
Numbers
19
2 Chronicles
18
2 Kings
11
1 Chronicles
10
Genesis
9
Judges
7
Deuteronomy
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:20BSB

over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah;over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;

2 Chronicles 33:20BSB

And Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried at his palace. And his son Amon reigned in his place.

Genesis 41:51BSB

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”

Joshua 16:9BSB

along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

Joshua 22:13BSB

The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.