Quick Definition
μάννα, τό Hebr. manna
Strong's Definition
of Hebrew origin (4478); manna (i.e. man), an edible gum
KJV Usage: manna
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n.
5.22 · Foods and Condiments · Food
manna the miraculous food given by God to the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness In most languages μάννα is rendered by a transliteration as ‘manna’ or ‘mana.’ One must, however, be very careful about the transliteration of this term, since it may correspond to an indigenous expression having quite a different meaning. Although in the OT it may be useful to have a marginal note explaining the play on words involved in the derivation of this term, in the NT one can usually use an expression such as ‘food called manna.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μάννα, rd, indecl.; [also] ἡ μάννα in Joseph. (antt. 3, 13,1 [ete.; ἡ μάννη, Orac. Sibyll. 7, 149]); Sept. τὸ μάν [also τὸ μάννα, Num. xi. 7] for Hebr. [2 (fr. the unused 439, G Arab. uw to be kind, beneficent, to bestow liberally ; whence the subst. uy Prop. a ΟἿ [8]. prefer the deriv. given Ex. xvi. 15,31; Joseph. antt. 3,1, 6. The word mannu is said to be found also in the old Egyptian; Ebers, Durch Gosen u.s.w. p. 226; cf. “Speaker’s Commentary” Iixod. xvi. note]); manna (Vulg. in N. T. manna indecl. ; in O. T. man; yet manna, gen. -ac,is used by Pliny [12, 14, 32, etc.] and Vegetius [ Vet. 2, 39] of the grains of certain plants); according to the accounts of travellers a very sweet dew-like juice, which in Arabia and other oriental countries exudes from the leaves [ace. to others only from the twigs and branches; ef. Robinson, Pal. i. 115] of certain trees and shrubs, particularly in the summer of rainy years. It hardens into little white pellucid grains, and is collected before sunrise by the inhabitants of those countries and used as an article of food, very sweet like honey. The Israelites in their journey through the wilderness met with a great quantity of food of this kind; and tradition, which the biblical writers follow, regarded it as bread sent down in profusion from heaven, and in various ways gave the occurrence the dignity of an illustrious miracle (Ex. xvi. 12 sqq.; Ps. Ixxvii. (Ixxviii.) 24; civ. (ev.) 40; Sap. xvi. 20); cf. Win. RWB. 5. v. Manna; Knobel on Exod. p. 171 sqq.; Furrer in Schenkel iv. 109 sq.; [Jobinson as above, and p.590; Tischendorf, Aus dem heil. Lande, p. 54 sqq.(where on p. vi. an analysis of diff. species of natural manna is given after Berthelot (Comptes rendus hebdom. ἃ. séances de l’acad. des sciences. Paris 1861, 2de sémestre (30 Sept.) p. 583 sqq.); esp. Ritter, Erdkunde Pt. xiv. pp. 665-695 (Gage’s trans. vel. i. pp. 271-292, where a full list of reff. is given); esp. E. Renaud and E. Lacour, De la manne du désert ete. (1881). Against the identification of the natural manna with the miraculous, see BB.DD. 8. v.; esp. Riehm in his HWB.; Carruthers in the Bible Educator ii. 174 sqq.]. In the N. T. mention is made of a. that manna with which the Israelites of old were nourished: Jn. vi. 31, 49, and R L in 58; b. that which was kept in the ark of the covenant: Heb. ix. 4 (Ex. xvi. 33) ; c. that which in the symbolic language of Rev. ii. 17 is spoken of as kept in the heavenly temple for the food of angels and the blessed; [see δίδωμε, B. I’. p. 146*].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μάννα manna 4x
manna, the miraculous food of the Israelites while in the desert, Jn. 6:31, 49; Heb. 9:4; Rev. 2:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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);]
manna: Jo 6:31, 49, He 9:4; symb., Re 2:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μάννα. Natural manna is referred to in a medical recipe to stop nose-bleeding, P Oxy VIII. 10884 (early i/A.D.) μάνναν φύρασον χυλῶι πράσωι καὶ ἐνάλιψον τὸν χυλὸν ἐνδόθεν, ‘“mix frankincense with onion-juice and apply the juice inside’’ (Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μάννα (manna) — manna. μάννᾰ, ἡ, μάννα λιβάνου frankincense powder or granules, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but μ. λιβανωτοῦ gum of λίβανος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μ. alone, of the powder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={λιβάνου τὸ λεπτόν}, [Refs]
II. μάννα, τό, = Hebrew mān, manna, [LXX+1st c.AD+]