Who?
מָןStrong’s H4479man
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Man is the Aramaic word usually translated “whomever”, “who” and “whoever”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
Meaning
- Who?, what?, whoever, whosoever
How it's translated
- and to whomever 4
- who 2
- and whoever 2
- what 1
- and who 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 7
- Ezra 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:11In contextAnd whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
- Daniel 3:15In contextNow if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Daniel 4:17In contextThis matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
- Daniel 4:25In contextThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Daniel 4:32In contextAnd they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Daniel 5:21In contextAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Aramaic dictionary
מָן man · who?
who?, what?, whoever, whosoever Aramaic of mah (מָה "what?" H4100)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “who” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHO, pronoun
relative. pronoun hoo. [Latin who is undoubtedly a contracted word in English as in Latin. See What and Wight.]
- who is a pronoun relative, always referring to persons.
- Which of many.
- It is much used in asking questions; as, who am I? who art thou? who is this? who are these? In this case, the purpose is to obtain the name or designation of the person or character.
- It has sometimes a disjunctive sense.
All definitions
- Whose is of all genders.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.