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Lexicon :: Strong's H4503 - minḥâ

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מִנְחָה
Transliteration
minḥâ
Pronunciation
min-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
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TWOT Reference: 1214a

Strong’s Definitions

מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw'; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 211x

The KJV translates Strong's H4503 in the following manner: offering (164x), present (28x), gift (7x), oblation (6x), sacrifice (5x), meat (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 211x
The KJV translates Strong's H4503 in the following manner: offering (164x), present (28x), gift (7x), oblation (6x), sacrifice (5x), meat (1x).
  1. gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering

    1. gift, present

    2. tribute

    3. offering (to God)

    4. grain offering

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִנְחָה minchâh, min-khaw'; from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary):—gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
STRONGS H4503: Abbreviations
מִנְחָה 153 noun feminine gift, tribute, offering (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מנחת; Targum מִנְחָתָא; on Arabic see above); — absolute מ׳ Genesis 4:3 + 81 times; construct מִנְחַת Leviticus 2:7 + 22 times; suffix מִנְחָתִי Genesis 33:10 + 3 times; + 41 times suffixes singular; plural suffix מִנְחֹתֶיךָ Psalm 20:4; מִנְחֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 29:39; Amos 5:22; —
3. offering made to God, of any kind, whether grain or animals Genesis 4:3, 4, 5; Numbers 16:15 (J), 1 Samuel 2:17, 29; 1 Samuel 26:19; Isaiah 1:13; Psalm 96:8; Zephaniah 3:10; + (probably) (לַ)עֲלוֺת הַ֫מִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29, 36; 2 Kings 3:20 (Ephraimitic source; usually regarded as = מִנְחַת עֶרֶב, but that much later usage). This general meaning possibly as also in following; זבח ומנחה 1 Samuel 2:29 (see 1 Samuel 2:29 b), 1 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 19:21; עלה ומנחה Jeremiah 14:12; || עולה Psalm 20:4; || שֶׁלֶם Amos 5:22 (עֹלוֺת gloss, to explain אָרִיחַ); or these may shew early stage of discrimination.
† 4. grain offering (whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below. AV meat offering, misleading < RV meal-offering. GFMJudges 3:22 renders cereal oblation); — יָבִיאוּ אֶתהַֿמִּנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהוֺר Isaiah 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), compare מנחה טהורה Malachi 1:11; brought in hands Jeremiah 41:5 (late addition Co); received from hands Malachi 1:10; חִטִּים למנחה 1 Chronicles 21:23 wheat for grain offering; סֹלֶת 1 Chronicles 23:29, mixed with oil Ezekiel 46:14, baked Ezekiel 46:20; distinguished from other offerings 1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:13, 15 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 33:18; Jeremiah 41:5 (late editors Co), Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 44:29; Ezekiel 45:15, 17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:25; Daniel 9:27; Psalm 40:7; used alone Nehemiah 13:5, 9; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:7, 11, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:15; Malachi 1:13; Malachi 2:12, 13; Malachi 3:3, 4; Judges 13:19, 23 (R, GFMJud 322); (הָ) עֶרֶב מִנְחַת evening grain offering 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4, 5; Daniel 9:21; Psalm 141:2; מִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד continual grain off. Nehemiah 10:34, compare Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 4:16 (all cases under 4 exilic or post-exilic).
5. grain-offering, always with this meaning in P, in classifications Exodus 30:9; Exodus 40:29; Leviticus 7:37; Leviticus 23:37; Numbers 18:9; Numbers 29:39; —
a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:14, 15.
b. סֹלֶת fine flour with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 6:7; elsewhere בְּלוּלָה בַּשֶּׁמֶן mingled with oil Leviticus 14:10, 21; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 7:13 + 10 times Numbers 8:8; Numbers 15:4, 6, 9; Numbers 28:5 + 6 times Numbers 29:3, 9, 14, except sin offering of very poor where offered without oil and frankincense Leviticus 5:11-13.
c. סֹלֶת baked in an oven as חַלּוֺת perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים flat cakes Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 7:9; Numbers 6:15, על הַמַּחֲבַת on a flat pan Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 7:9, or מַרְחֶשֶׁת frying pan Leviticus 2:7; Leviticus 7:9. All these always unleavened (מַצּוֺת) and mixed with oil and salt Leviticus 2:11-13.
d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread, מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה new grain offering of two loaves of leavened bread Leviticus 23:16, 17; Numbers 28:26
e. barley meal without oil or incense; מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת grain offering of jealousy, זִכָּרוֺן מ׳ Numbers 5:15, 18, 25. compare phrases מִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר morning oblation Exodus 29:41; Numbers 28:8; קָרְבַּן מ׳ Leviticus 2:1, 4, 13; בִּכּוּרִים מ׳ Leviticus 2:14; מִּתִּים מ׳ Leviticus 6:14.
6..verbs of offering are הֵבִיא Genesis 4:3 (J), Leviticus 2:2, 8 (P), Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 66:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 17:26; Malachi 1:13; הִקְרִיב Leviticus 2:1, 8, 11; Leviticus 6:7; Numbers 5:25; עשׂה Numbers 6:17; Numbers 28:31; 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:7, 14, 15; הקטיר 2 Kings 16:13, 15; Jeremiah 33:18; העלה Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 14:12; הגישׁ Amos 5:25; Malachi 2:12; Malachi 3:3; הוביל Zephaniah 3:10; נשׂא Psalm 96:8, also (מ׳ = tribute) 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 and ||.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4504.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 32:14; 32:19; 32:21; 32:22; 33:10; 33:10; 43:11; 43:15; 43:25; 43:26

Exodus

29:41; 30:9; 40:29

Leviticus

2:1; 2:1; 2:1; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:8; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 6:7; 6:7; 6:13; 6:14; 6:14; 7:9; 7:9; 7:9; 7:37; 14:10; 14:21; 23:13; 23:16; 23:17; 23:37

Numbers

4:16; 5:15; 5:18; 5:25; 5:25; 6:15; 6:17; 7:13; 8:8; 15:4; 15:6; 15:9; 16:15; 18:9; 28:5; 28:8; 28:26; 28:31; 29:3; 29:9; 29:14; 29:39; 29:39

Judges

3:15; 3:17; 3:18; 3:22; 6:18; 13:19; 13:23

1 Samuel

2:17; 2:29; 2:29; 2:29; 3:14; 10:27; 26:19

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:6

1 Kings

5:1; 8:64; 8:64; 10:25; 18:29; 18:36

2 Kings

3:20; 8:8; 8:9; 16:13; 16:13; 16:15; 16:15; 16:15; 17:3; 17:4; 20:12

1 Chronicles

18:2; 18:6; 21:23; 23:29

2 Chronicles

7:7; 7:7; 9:24; 17:5; 17:11; 26:8; 32:23

Ezra

9:4; 9:5

Nehemiah

10:34; 13:5; 13:9

Psalms

20:4; 20:4; 40:7; 45:13; 72:10; 96:8; 96:8; 141:2

Isaiah

1:13; 1:13; 19:21; 39:1; 43:23; 57:6; 57:6; 66:3; 66:3; 66:20; 66:20

Jeremiah

14:12; 14:12; 17:26; 17:26; 33:18; 33:18; 41:5; 41:5

Ezekiel

42:13; 44:29; 45:15; 45:17; 45:24; 45:24; 45:25; 46:5; 46:7; 46:7; 46:11; 46:14; 46:14; 46:14; 46:15; 46:15; 46:20

Daniel

9:21; 9:27

Hosea

10:6

Amos

5:22; 5:22; 5:25

Zephaniah

3:10; 3:10

Malachi

1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:13; 2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4

H4503

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4503 matches the Hebrew מִנְחָה (minḥâ),
which occurs 211 times in 194 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 4:3–Num 5:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - And in the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:4 - But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the [fn]fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:5 - but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and [fn]he looked annoyed and hostile.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 -

So Jacob spent the night there. Then he selected a present for his brother Esau from the livestock he had acquired:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - then you shall say, ‘They are your servant Jacob’s; they are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And he also is behind us.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - So the gift [of the herds of livestock] went on ahead of him, and he himself spent that night back in the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob replied, “No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then accept my gift [as a blessing] from my hand, for I see your face as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 -

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this; take some of the choicest products of the land in your sacks, and carry it as a present [of tribute] to the man [representing Pharaoh], a little balm and a little honey, aromatic spices or gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - Then the men took the present, and they took double the [amount of] money with them, and Benjamin; then they left and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25 - So they prepared the present [of tribute] for Joseph before his arrival at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 -

When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present [of tribute] which they had with them and bowed to the ground before him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 - “And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and do with it as with the grain offering of the morning and with the drink offering, for a sweet and soothing aroma [to appease God], an offering by fire to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:9 - “You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:29 - He set the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 -

‘When [fn]anyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour [olive] oil over it and put frankincense on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:3 - ‘What is left of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings to the LORD by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 -

‘When you bring an offering of grain baked in the oven, it shall be [fn]unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:5 - ‘If your offering is grain baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine unleavened flour, mixed with oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - ‘You are to break it into pieces, and you shall pour oil on it; it is a grain offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:7 - ‘Now if your offering is grain cooked in a lidded pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8 - ‘When you bring the grain offering that is made of these things to the LORD, it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the altar [of burnt offering].
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:9 - ‘The priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar. It is an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:10 - ‘What is left of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings to the LORD by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 -

‘No grain offering that you bring to the LORD shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven [which symbolizes the spread of sin] or any honey [which, like leaven, is subject to fermentation] in any offering by fire to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - ‘You shall season every grain offering with salt so that the salt (preservation) of the covenant of your God will not be missing from your grain offering. You shall offer salt with all your offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:14 -

‘If you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the LORD, you shall bring fresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, crushed grain of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened things.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - ‘You shall put oil on it and lay incense on it; it is a grain offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13 - ‘In this way the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in one of these things, and it will be forgiven him; then the rest shall be for the priest, like the grain offering.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14 -

‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - ‘One of them shall take up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a sweet and soothing aroma, as the memorial offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - “It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:23 - “So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:9 - ‘Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in the oven and everything that is prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who presents it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:10 - ‘Every grain offering, mixed with [olive] oil or dry, all the sons of Aaron may have, one as well as another.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:37 -

This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the consecration (ordination) offering, and the sacrifice of peace offerings,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:4 - and a bull and a ram as peace offerings to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with [olive] oil, for today the LORD will appear to you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - Next Aaron presented the grain offering and took a handful of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar in addition to the burnt offering of the morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:12 -

Then Moses said to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the offerings by fire to the LORD, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:10 -

“Now on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and a yearling ewe lamb without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil as a grain offering, and one log (about a pint) of oil;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:20 - “The priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:21 -

“But if the cleansed leper is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and a log of oil,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - He shall offer what he can afford, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. The priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - ‘Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a sweet and soothing aroma, with its drink offering [to be poured out], a fourth of a [fn]hin of wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:16 - ‘You shall count [fn]fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18 - ‘And you shall offer with the bread seven unblemished lambs, one year old, and one young bull and two rams. They are to be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings. It is an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:37 -

‘These are the appointed times (established feasts) of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to present an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its own day.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 -

“The responsibility of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is the oil for the light, the [fn]fragrant incense, the continual grain offering, and the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the tabernacle and everything that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring as an offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it [the symbols of favor and joy], because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial grain offering, a reminder of [the consequences of] wickedness.

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