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Lexicon :: Strong's H3984 - mā'n

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מָאן
Transliteration
mā'n
Pronunciation
mawn
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from a root corresponding to אָנָה (H579) in the sense of an inclosure by sides
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2820

Strong’s Definitions

מָאן mâʼn, mawn; (Aramaic) probably from a root corresponding to H579 in the sense of an inclosure by sides; a utensil:—vessel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H3984 in the following manner: vessel (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H3984 in the following manner: vessel (7x).

  1. vessel, utensil

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָאן mâʼn, mawn; (Aramaic) probably from a root corresponding to H579 in the sense of an inclosure by sides; a utensil:—vessel.
STRONGS H3984: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† [מָאן] noun masculineEzra 7:19 vessel, utensil (Targum מָ(א)ן, Syriac bdb109906, so Christian-Palestinian Aramaic, SchulthLex. 106; Old Aramaic מאן, Phoenician מנן; possibly √ אנה, see Biblical Hebrew II. אנה below, compare LagBN 183 Buhl); — plural, vessels of temple at Jerusalem: emphatic מָאנַיָּא Ezra 5:14, 15; Ezra 7:19; Daniel 5:23; construct מָאנֵי Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:3; Ezra 6:5.

II. אנה (ð whence following nouns, cf. As. ânu, unútu, vessel, utensil, see Dl in Zim:BP 115 Hpt in KAT:2 Gloss i.; Ar. ÀinaÀun).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:14; 5:15; 6:5; 7:19; 7:19

Daniel

5:2; 5:3; 5:23

H3984

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Strong's Number H3984 matches the Hebrew מָאן (mā'n),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - King Cyrus returned the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These cups were taken from that temple and presented to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:15 - The king instructed him to return the cups to their place in Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple of God there on its original site.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - “But as for the cups we are entrusting to you for the service of the Temple of your God, deliver them all to the God of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor,[fn] Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!
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