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manna

Meaning of “manna”

The food God gave Israel from heaven in the wilderness.

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19 occurrences17 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 16:15

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Exodus 16:15
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 16:15 · retained source text

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 vnto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath giuen you to eate.

1611 marginal noteOr, what is this? or it is a portion.

1611 marginal noteIoh. 6.31. 1.Cor. 10.3.

Exodus 16:31
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 16:31 · retained source text

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 hony.

Exodus 16:33
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 16:33 · retained source text

And Moses sayd vnto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an Omer full of Manna therein, and lay it vp before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

Exodus 16:35
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.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 16:35 · retained source text

And the children of Israel did eat Manna fortie yeeres, vntill they came to a land inhabited: they did eate Manna, vntill they came vnto the borders of the land of Canaan.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 5.12. nehem. 9.15.

Numbers 11:7
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 11:7 · retained source text

And the Manna was as Coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of Bdelium:

1611 marginal noteHebr. eye of it, as the eye of.

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.14,31.

Numbers 11:9
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 11:9 · retained source text

And when the dew fell vpon the campe in the night, the Manna fell vpon it.

Deuteronomy 8:3
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 8:3 · retained source text

And he humbled thee, and suffred 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 liue by bread onely, but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man liue.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 4.4. luke 4.4.

Deuteronomy 8:16
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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 8:16 · retained source text

Who fed thee in the wildernesse with Manna, which thy fathers knew not, that hee might humble thee, and that hee might prooue thee, to doe thee good at thy latter end:)

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.15.

Joshua 5:12
¶ 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.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 5:12 · retained source text

¶ And the Manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corne of the land, neither had the children of Israel Manna any more, but they did eate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that yeere.

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Exodus 16:15

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.