noun · neuter
manna
Greekμάννα (manna)
Strong’sG3131
manna
stem mann-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μάννα, τό,
(in FlJ, also ἡ), indecl. [in LXX: τὸ μάν, Ex 16:31 ff., elsewhere τ. μάννα, Nu 11:6 ff., al. (מָן, Aram. מַנָּא);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3131 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidman'-nah
manna (i.e. man), an edible gum
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King Jamesmanna.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | manna | manna |
| of, belonging to genitive | manna1×μάννα | manna |
| to, for dative | manna | manna |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
manna“manna”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 2:17“manna”tos echarōtos ouem akouatar tinem tem pneumem legatō tai ekklēsai. to nikarōto dōami auto teu manna teu kruptirēteu, kai dōami auto psēfan leukan, kai epi tan psēfan onomem kainem grafirētem hem oudenos oidatē ei mē tos lambarōtos.He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
manna3×
John 6:31“manna”tois patērois nu tem manna esthiala en ta erēma, kathōs atō grafirētem; Arton ek tou ouranou dōata autoi esthiara.Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
John 6:49“manna”tois patērois vu esthiala en ta erēma tem manna kai apothnēskala;Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
Hebrews 9:4“manna”chrusouem echarōtas thumiatēriem kai tan kibōtan tau diathēkau perikaluptirētan pantothen chrusie, en ha stamnas chrusouas echarōtas tem manna kai tas rabdas Aarōn tas blastanaratas kai tais plaxais tau diathēkau,containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.