Strong's H4478 · Hebrew
מָן
mân · /mawn/
Definition
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
KJV: manna.
Root / derivation: from H4100 (מָה);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered מָן across 12 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
12 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus4 verses
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. It is: or, What is this? or, It is a portion
Exodus 16:31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 16:33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Numbers3 verses
But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Numbers 11:7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. colour thereof: Heb. eye of it as the eye of
Numbers 11:9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Deuteronomy2 verses
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H4478 (mân) mean?
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
How many times does H4478 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H4478 (מָן) appears in 12 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “manna.”
How is mân translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H4478 is rendered as “manna” (14×).
Where does the Hebrew word מָן come from?
from H4100 (מָה);