מְנַשֶּׁה

me.nash.shehManasseh
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man146 occurrences14 books133 verses
This name belongs to 5 different people in the Bible:
  • Manasseh: King of Judah, son of Hezekiah
  • Manasseh: Descendant of Pahath-moab, who divorced his foreign wife
  • Manasseh: Descendant of Hashum, who divorced his foreign wife
  • Manasseh: Firstborn son of Joseph, blessed by Jacob
  • Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Definition

from H5382; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Traditional renderings: Manasseh.

Glossary entries

Moses Manasseh (Person) Manassite Manasses

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

146 total
  1. Genesis 41:51מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · Manasseh
    Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
  2. Genesis 46:20מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה · Manasseh
    Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
  3. Genesis 48:1מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה · Manasseh
    Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
  4. Genesis 48:5וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · and Manasseh
    And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  5. Genesis 48:13מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה · and Manasseh
    And Joseph took both of them—with Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand—and brought them close to him.
  6. Genesis 48:14 (2×)מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · Manasseh’s; מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה · Manasseh
    But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
  7. Genesis 48:17מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ · Manasseh’s
    When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he was displeased and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.
  8. Genesis 48:20 (2×)וְכִמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · and Manasseh; מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ · Manasseh
    So that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
  9. Genesis 50:23מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh
    He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
  10. Numbers 1:10לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה · and from Manasseh
    …from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
  11. Numbers 1:34מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh
    And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
  12. Numbers 1:35מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    …those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.
  13. Numbers 2:20 (2×)מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh; מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה
    The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
  14. Numbers 7:54מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה
    On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
  15. Numbers 10:23מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה
    Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
  16. Numbers 13:11מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    …from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph), Gaddi son of Susi;
  17. Numbers 26:28מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה · of Manasseh
    The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
  18. Numbers 26:29מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה · of Manasseh
    These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
  19. Numbers 26:34מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    These were the clans of Manasseh, and their registration numbered 52,700.
  20. Numbers 27:1 (2×)מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh; מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה · of Manasseh
    Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
  21. Numbers 32:33מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה · of Manasseh
    So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.
  22. Numbers 32:39מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה · of Manasseh
    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  23. Numbers 32:40מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
  24. Numbers 32:41מְנַשֶּׁה֙ · of Manasseh
    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.
  25. Numbers 34:14מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh
    For the tribes of the Reubenites and Gadites, along with the half-tribe of Manasseh, have already received their inheritance.
  26. Numbers 34:23מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה
    Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
  27. Numbers 36:1מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh
    Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
  28. Numbers 36:12מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה · of Manasseh
    They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
  29. Deuteronomy 3:13הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
  30. Deuteronomy 3:14מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה · of Manasseh
    Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day.
  31. Deuteronomy 33:17מְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ס · of Manasseh
    His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
  32. Deuteronomy 34:2וּמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · and Manasseh
    …all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
  33. Joshua 1:12הַֽמְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    But to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,
  34. Joshua 4:12הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה֙ · of Manasseh
    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them.
  35. Joshua 12:6הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ס · of Manasseh
    Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  36. Joshua 13:7הַֽמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃ · of Manasseh
    Now therefore divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
  37. Joshua 13:29 (2×)מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh; מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה · of Manasseh
    This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
  38. Joshua 13:31מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh
    …half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
  39. Joshua 14:4מְנַשֶּׁ֣ה · Manasseh
    The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
  40. Joshua 16:4מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה · and Manasseh
    So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
  41. Joshua 16:9מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה · of Manasseh
    …along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
  42. Joshua 17:1 (2×)מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה · of Manasseh; מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה · of Manasseh
    Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
  43. Joshua 17:2 (2×)מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה · of Manasseh; מְנַשֶּׁ֧ה · of Manasseh
    So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.