μάννα

manna · manna

Greek word · Strong’s number G3131 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

manna (μάννα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “manna”.

The food God gave Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16).

How to say it

man·na

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The bread God gave in the desert.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Where it appears

  • John 6:31

    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

  • John 6:49

    Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

  • Hebrews 9:4

    having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which were a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

  • Revelation 2:17

    Whoever has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written that no one knows except the one who receives it.