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מָנָה H4487
H4487 is the Hebrew word מָנָה, transliterated mânâh and said maw-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it number.
What it means
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Verses using מָנָה
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 13:16 · KJV
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Numbers 23:10 · KJV
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
2 Samuel 24:1 · KJV
And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
1 Kings 3:8 · KJV
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
1 Kings 8:5 · KJV
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
1 Kings 20:25 · KJV
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
2 Kings 12:10 · KJV
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 9:29 · KJV
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
1 Chronicles 21:1 · KJV
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:17 · KJV
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
1 Chronicles 27:24 · KJV
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
2 Chronicles 5:6 · KJV
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
Psalm 61:7 · KJV
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalm 90:12 · KJV
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Psalm 147:4 · KJV
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Isaiah 53:12 · KJV
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 65:12 · KJV
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Jeremiah 33:13 · KJV
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
Daniel 1:5 · KJV
And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Daniel 1:10 · KJV
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Daniel 1:11 · KJV
Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Jonah 1:17 · KJV
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah 4:6 · KJV
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Jonah 4:7 · KJV
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah 4:8 · KJV
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4487 mean?
H4487 is the Hebrew word מָנָה (mânâh), meaning properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll.
How is H4487 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it number (6 times), prepared (4 times), nor numbered (2 times), numbered (2 times), telleth (2 times), among others.
How many times does H4487 appear in the Bible?
מָנָה (mânâh) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4487 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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