Strong H4520מְנַשִּׁי
Manassite
- Transliteration
- menashshîy
- Pronunciation
- men-ash-shee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
From H4519; a Menashshite or descendant of Menashsheh: - of {Manasseh} Manassites.
Meaning of the name
Manassites = Manasseh "causing to forget"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Manasseh
Firstborn son of Joseph, blessed by Jacob.
Manasseh, Joseph's firstborn, was blessed by Jacob and became a tribe of Israel (Gen.41.51; 46.20; 48; 50.23; Num.1.10,34,35; 2.20,20; 7.54; 10.23; 13.11; 26.28,29,34; 27.1,1; 32.33,39,40,41; 34.14,23; 36.1,12; Deu.3.13; 33.17; 34.2; Jos.1.12; 4.12; 12.6; 13.7,29,29,31; 14.4; 16.4; 17; 18.7; 20.8; 21.5,6,25,27; 22; Jdg.1.27; 6.15,35; 7.23; 11.29; 12.4; 1Ki.4.13; 1Ch.5.18,23,26; 6.61,62,70,71; 7.14,17; 9.3; 12.19,20,20,31,37; 27.20,21; 2Ch.15.9; 30.1,10,11,18; 31.1; 34.6,9; Psa.60.7; 80.2; 108.8; Isa.9.21,21; Ezk.48.4,5; Rev.7.6).
In the Bible
Strong H4520 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- manasseh2
- manassites2
First verses
- Deuteronomy 4:43Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
- Deuteronomy 29:8And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
- 2 Kings 10:33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.