Manger
φάτνηStrong’s G5336phatnē
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Phatnē is the Greek word usually translated “manger” and “stall”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.”
Meaning
Usually translated “manger” and “stall”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a manger 2
- manger 1
- stall 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 4
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 2:12And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
- Luke 2:16And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
- Luke 13:15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
Greek dictionary
φάτνη phatnē · manger
φάτνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for אֵבוּס, etc. ;] a manger: Luk.2:7, 12 2:16 13:15 (see DB, iii, 234a, DCG, ii, 111a),† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “manger” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MANGER, noun
[Latin mando.]
- A trough or box in which fodder is laid for cattle, or the place in which horses and cattle are fed.
- In ships of war, a space across the deck, within the hawse-holes, separated from the after part of the deck, to prevent the water which enters the hawse-holes from running over the deck.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.