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מָן H4478

H4478 is the Hebrew word מָן, transliterated mân and said mawn. The King James Version most often renders it manna.

Word: מָןTransliteration: mânSaid: mawnLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it).

Where it comes from

from H4100 (מָה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

manna 13×thereof manna 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: manna.

Verses using מָן

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 16:15 · KJV

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

Exodus 16:31 · KJV

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Exodus 16:33 · KJV

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

Exodus 16:35 · KJV

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

Numbers 11:6 · KJV

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

Numbers 11:7 · KJV

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

Numbers 11:9 · KJV

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

Deuteronomy 8:3 · KJV

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Deuteronomy 8:16 · KJV

Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Joshua 5:12 · KJV

And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

Nehemiah 9:20 · KJV

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

Psalm 78:24 · KJV

And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4478 mean?

H4478 is the Hebrew word מָן (mân), meaning literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it).

How is H4478 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it manna (13 times), thereof manna (1 time).

How many times does H4478 appear in the Bible?

מָן (mân) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4478 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H4100 (מָה).

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