International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Manasseh (3)

A king of Judah, son and successor of Hezekiah; reigned 55 years (2Ki 21:1;2Ch 33:1), from circa 685 onward. His was one of the few royal names not compounded with the name of Y...

Manasses

ma-nas'-ez (Manasses; Codex Vaticanus Manasse):(1) One who had married a "strange wife" (1 Esdras 9:33) equals "Manasseh" ofEzr 10:33.(2) The wealthy husband of Judith; died of ...

Manasses, The Prayer Of

1. Name2. Canonicity and Position3. Contents4. Original Language5. Authenticity6. Author and Motive7. Date8. Text and Versions(1) Greek(2) LatinLITERATUREThe Prayer of Manasses ...

Manassites

Mandrakes

man'-draks (dudha'im; mandragoras (Ge 30:14f; So 7:13); the marginal reading "love apples" is due to the supposed connection of dudha'im with dodhim, "love"): Mandrakes are the ...

Maneh; Mina

man'-e, or mi'-na (maneh; mna, "pound" (English Versions of the Bible)): A weight containing 50 shekels, according to Hebrew usage, but which varied according to the standard ad...

Manes

ma'-nez (Manes): One of those who put away their "strange wives" (1 Esdras 9:21). It represents the two names Maaseiah and Elijah of the parallelEzr 10:21. The real equivalent i...

Manger

man'-jer (phatne): Properly the place in a stall or stable where the food of cattle is placed (in the Old Testament "crib" (Job 39:9;Pr 14:4;Isa 1:3)); thus also, apparently, in...

Mani

ma'-ni (Mani): Head of a family (1 Esdras 9:30) equals "Bani" inEzr 10:29, the form which appears in 1 Esdras 5:12.

Manifest; Manifestation

man'-i-fest, man-i-fes-ta'-shun (phaneroo, phaneros): "To manifest" is generally the translation of phaneroo, "to make apparent" (Mr 4:22;Joh 17:6;Ro 3:21;1Ti 3:16, "God was man...

Manifestly

man'-i-fest-li (mar'eh, "(in) personal presence"): Has the meaning of "by direct vision," as in1Co 13:12, "face to face," stating positively (Nu 12:8) what the next clause state...

Manifold

man'-i-fold (rabh; poikilos): "Manifold," which occurs only a few times, is in the Old Testament the translation of rabh, "many," "abundant" (Ne 9:19,27;Am 5:12, where it is equ...

Manius; Titus

ma'-ni-us, ti'-tus (Tito Manios, Codex Alexandrinus, Codex Venetus, and the Syriac; Manlios, Swete following Codex Alexandrinus; Manilius, Itala and Vulgate, the King James Vers...

Mankind

Manlius, Titus

man'-li-us.See MANIUS, TITUS.

Manna

man'-a (man; manna): The Hebrew man is probably derived, as Ebers suggests, from the Egyptian mennu, "food." InEx 16:15, we have a suggested source of the name, "They said one t...

Manner; Manners

man'-er, man'-erz (dabhar, derekh, mishpaT; ethos, houtos):1. As Used in the Old Testament:"Manner" (probably from manus, "the hand," mode of handling things, or acting) is in t...

Manoah

ma-no'-a (manoach, "rest"): A man of Zorah and of the family of the Danites. Manoah was the father of Samson, and his life-story is but imperfectly told in the history of the co...

Manservant

man'sur-vant (`ebhedh): A male slave; usually coupled with maidservant or female slave (Ge 12:16;Ex 20:10;1Sa 8:16;Job 31:13;Lu 12:45).SeeSERVANT;SLAVE.

Mansion

man'-shun (mone, "abode"): InJoh 14:2, the word is used in the plural: "In my Father's house are many mansions," the Revised Version margin "abiding places." The ideas conveyed ...

Manslayer

man'-sla-er (meratstseach, from ratsach (Nu 35:6,12); androphonos (1Ti 1:9)): A term employed with reference to both premeditated and accidental or justifiable killing. In the l...

Manstealing

man'-stel-ing.See CRIME, under "Kidnapping"; PUNISHMENT.

Mantelet

man'-tel-et, man'-t'-l-et, mant'-let (Na 2:5).See SIEGE, 4, (d).

Mantle

man'-t'-l: Used 5 times of Elijah's mantle ('addereth,1Ki 19:18,19;2Ki 2:8,13,14), which was probably of hair. Found in plural once (Isa 3:22), where it (ma`ataphoth) is an uppe...

Manuscripts

man'-u-skripts: In the broadest sense manuscripts include all handwritten records as distinguished from printed records. In a narrower sense they are handwritten codices, rolls ...

Manuscripts Of The New Testament

SeeTEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

Manuscripts Of The Old Testament

SeeLANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.