Manassite
מְנַשִּׁיStrong’s H4520menashshi (me-nash-shi)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Menashshi is the Hebrew word usually translated “manassite”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.”
Meaning
- Descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph and grandson of Jacobspecifically used only of that half that lived east of the Jordan
How it's translated
- the manassite 2
- for the manassite 1
- and the manassite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 2
- 2 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 29:8And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
- 2 Kings 10:33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
Hebrew dictionary
מְנַשִּׁי menashshi · Manassite
Someone from the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.51; son of: Joseph (H3130) and Asenath (H0621); brother of: Ephraim (H0669); married to Aramitess (H0761); father of: Machir (H4353) and Asriel (H0844H) Group of me.nash.sheh (מְנַשֶּׁה "Manasseh" H4519) § Manassites = Manasseh "causing to forget" 1) descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph and grandson of Jacob 1a) specifically used only of that half that lived east of the Jordan
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.