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Lexicon :: Strong's H4487 - mānâ

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מָנָה
Transliteration
mānâ
Pronunciation
maw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1213

Strong’s Definitions

מָנָה mânâh, maw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll:—appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H4487 in the following manner: number (14x), prepare (5x), appointed (4x), tell (3x), count (1x), set (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H4487 in the following manner: number (14x), prepare (5x), appointed (4x), tell (3x), count (1x), set (1x).

  1. to count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare

    1. (Qal)

      1. to count, number

      2. reckon, assign, appoint

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be counted, be numbered

      2. to be reckoned, be assigned

    3. (Piel) to appoint, ordain

    4. (Pual) appointed (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָנָה mânâh, maw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll:—appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
STRONGS H4487: Abbreviations
† מָנָה verb count, number, reckon, assign (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian manû DlHWB 416; Arabic bdb058401 assign, apportion; Aramaic bdb058402, H4484 מְנָא); —
Qal Perfect מָנָה Numbers 23:10; וּמָנִ֫יתִי Isaiah 65:12; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּמְנֶהֿ 1 Kings 20:25; וַיִּמְנוּ 2 Kings 12:11; Imperative מְנֵה 2 Samuel 24:1; Infinitive construct לִמְנוֺת Genesis 13:16 + 4 times; Participle מוֺנֶה Jeremiah 33:13; Psalm 147:4; —
1. count, number (compare סָפַר) dust (grains) Genesis 13:16 (J), compare עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב Numbers 23:10 (JE); money 2 Kings 12:11; stars (לַכּוֹכָבִם מִסְפָּר מ׳) Psalm 147:4; flock Jeremiah 33:13 (symbol of peace); days Psalm 90:12; people, army 2 Samuel 24:1; 1 Chronicles 21:1, 17, compare 1 Chronicles 27:24 (object omitted); 1 Kings 20:25.
2. reckon, assign, appoint לַחֶרֶב Isaiah 65:12 (with play on מְנִי Isaiah 65:11).
Niph. Perfect נִמְנָה Isaiah 53:12; Imperfect יִמָּנֶה Genesis 13:16; 1 Kings 3:8; יִמָּנוּ 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6; Infinitive construct הִמָנוֺת Ecclesiastes 1:15; —
1. be counted, numbered, of descendants Genesis 13:16 (J), of people 1 Kings 3:8 (|| נִסְפַּר); of sacrificial animals 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6 (both || id.); indefinite Ecclesiastes 1:15.
2. be reckoned, assigned (a place), of servant of י׳ Isaiah 53:12 (with פּשְׁעִם אֶת).
Pi. (late and in poetry) (Biblical Aramaic H4483 and Targum. מַנִּי); — Perfect מִנָּה Daniel 1:10, 11; מִנּוּ Job 7:3; Imperfect וַיְמַן Jonah 2:1 [Jonah 1:17] + 4 times; Imperative מַן Psalm 61:8; appoint, ordain, food Daniel 1:10, Daniel 1:5 (followed by לְ), officer Daniel 1:11 (followed by על); nights of weariness (לֵילוֺת עָמָל) Job 7:3 (subject indefinite; followed by לְ); in story of Jonah, object. fish Jonah 2:1 [Jonah 1:17], ricinus Jonah 4:6; worm Jonah 4:7, wind Jonah 4:8 (all subject י׳); object חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת Psalm 61:8 (subject י׳).
Pu. Participle plural מְמֻנִּים 1 Chronicles 9:29 appointed, of porters (followed by עַל).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:16; 13:16; 13:16; 13:16

Numbers

23:10; 23:10

2 Samuel

24:1; 24:1

1 Kings

3:8; 3:8; 8:5; 8:5; 20:25; 20:25

2 Kings

12:11; 12:11

1 Chronicles

9:29; 21:1; 27:24

2 Chronicles

5:6; 5:6

Job

7:3; 7:3

Psalms

61:8; 61:8; 90:12; 147:4; 147:4

Ecclesiastes

1:15; 1:15

Isaiah

53:12; 53:12; 65:11; 65:12; 65:12

Jeremiah

33:13; 33:13

Daniel

1:5; 1:10; 1:10; 1:11

Jonah

1:17; 1:17; 4:6; 4:7; 4:8

H4487

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Strong's Number H4487 matches the Hebrew מָנָה (mānâ),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:16 - And I will make thy seed like the [fn]dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:10 - Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 - And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and Satan stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Juda.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:8 - But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which [fn]cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:5 - And the king and all Israel were occupied before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, without number.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - (LXX 21:25) And we will [fn]give thee another army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he hearkened to [fn]their voice, and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - (LXX 12:11) And it came to pass, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - And some of them were appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 - And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, Was it not I that gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let thy hand be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on thy people for destruction, O Lord!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - And Joab the son of Saruia began to number the people, and did not finish the work, for there was hereupon wrath on Israel; and the number was not recorded in the book of the chronicles of king David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - And king Solomon, and all the elders of Israel, and the religious of them, and they of them that were gathered before the ark, were sacrificing calves and sheep, which could not be numbered or reckoned for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - (LXX 60:8) He shall endure for ever before God: which of them will seek out his mercy and truth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:12 - (LXX 89:12) and who knows how to number his days because of the fear of thy wrath? So manifest thy right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:4 - (LXX 146:4) He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:12 - Therefore he shall inherit many, and he shall divide the spoils of the mighty; because his soul was delivered to death: and [fn] he was numbered among the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and was delivered because of their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:13 - (LXX 40:13) In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the cities round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him that numbers them, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king's table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterwards they should stand before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; so shall ye endanger my head to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:11 - And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - (LXX 2:1) Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:7 - And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:8 - And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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