Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
manna
Usage: 1) manna 1a) the bread from Heaven that fed the Israelites for 40 years of wilderness wanderings
Strong's Number
H4478
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
12
Books
6
Strong's H4478 Quick Answer
Strong's H4478 מָן (man) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. man (mawn) n-m. 1. (literally) a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it) [from H4100] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include manna and man. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- man (mawn) n-m. 1. (literally) a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it) [from H4100]
- Usage
- 12 linked usages
- Books
- 6 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- manna and man
Meaning and Definition
man (mawn) n-m. 1. (literally) a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it) [from H4100] KJV: manna. Root(s): H4100
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4478. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H4478 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render man, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
manna
Exodus 16:15
11×
man
Deuteronomy 8:3
How Strong's H4478 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 12 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H4478 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H4478 in the Old Testament
12 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
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.
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.
Usage Excerpts
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4478.
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.
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.
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.
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.
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
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.
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;
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.
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4478, grouped by book.
Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Strong's H4478 FAQ
What does man (מָן) mean?
Man (Strong's H4478) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "manna". man (mawn) n-m. 1. (literally) a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it) [from H4100]
How many times is man (מָן) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's H4478 across 6 books.
Where can I study man (מָן) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4478 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate man (מָן)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as manna and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.