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MAN - M>@ - Four Hebrew terms are rendered "man" in the Authorized Version: Adam, the name of the man created in the image of God. It appears to be derived from adam , "he or it was red or ruddy," like Edom. This was the generic term for the human race. Ish , "man," as distinguished from woman, husband. Geber , "a man," from gabar , "to be strong," generally with reference to his strength. Methim , "men," always masculine. Perhaps it may be derived from the root muth , "he died."

MANAEN - M>@ - (comforter) is mentioned in kjv@Acts:13:1) as one of the teachers and prophets in the church at Antioch at the time of the appointment of Saul and Barnabas as missionaries to the heathen. He is said to have been brought up with Herod Antipas. He was probably his foster-brother.

MANAHATH - M>@ - (rest), a place named in ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:6) only in connection with the genealogies of the tribe of Benjamin.

MANAHATH - M>@ - (rest) one of the sons of Shobal, and descendant of Seir the Horite. kjv@Genesis:36:23; kjv@1Chronicles:1:40)

MANAHETBITES - M>@ - (inhabitants of Mannahath), The. "Half the Manahethites" are named in the genealogies of Judah as descended from Shobal, the father of Kirjath-jearim ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:52) and half from Salma, the founder of Bethlehem. ver. 54.

MANASSEH - M>@ - (forgetting), the eldest son of Joseph, kjv@Genesis:41:51 kjv@Genesis:46:20) born 1715-10 B.C. Both he and Ephraim were born before the commencement of the famine. He was placed after his younger brother, Ephraim, by his grandfather Jacob, when he adopted them into his own family, and made them heads of tribes. Whether the elder of the two sons was inferior in form or promise to the younger, or whether there was any external reason to justify the preference of Jacob, we are not told. In the division of the promised land half of the tribe of Manasseh settled east of the Jordan in the district embracing the hills of Gilead with their inaccessible heights and impassable ravines, and the almost impregnable tract of Argob. kjv@Joshua:13:29-33) Here they throve exceedingly, pushing their way northward over the rich plains of Jaulan and Jedur to the foot of Mount Hermon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:23) But they gradually assimilated themselves with the old inhabitants of the country, and on them descended the punishment which was ordained to he the inevitable consequence of such misdoing. They, first of all Israel, were carried away by Pul and Tiglath-pileser, and settled in the Assyrian territories. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:25-26) The other half tribe settled to the west of the Jordan, north of Ephraim. kjv@Joshua:17:1) ... For further particulars see EPHRAIM, EPHRAIM.

MANASSEH - M>@ - (forgetting). The thirteenth king of Judah, son of Hezekiah, ( kjv@2Kings:21:1) ascended the throne at the age of twelve, and reigned 55 years, from B.C. 608 to 642. His accession was the signal for an entire change in the religious administration of the kingdom. Idolatry was again established to such an extent that every faith was tolerated but the old faith of Israel. The Babylonian alliance which the king formed against Assyria resulted in his being made prisoner and carried off to Babylon in the twenty-second year of his reign, according to a Jewish tradition. There his eyes were opened and he repented, and his prayer was heard and the Lord delivered him, ( kjv@2Chronicles:33:12-13) and he returned after some uncertain interval of time to Jerusalem. The altar of the Lord was again restored, and peace offerings and thank offerings were sacrificed to Jehovah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:38:15-16) But beyond this the reformation did not go. On his death, B.C. 642, he was buried as Ahaz had been, not with the burial of a king, in the sepulchres of the house of David, but in the garden of Uzza, ( kjv@2Kings:21:26) and long afterward, in suite of his repentance, the Jews held his name in abhorrence. One of the descendants of Pahathmoab, who in the days of Ezra had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:30) One of the laymen, of the family of Hashum who put away his foreign wife at Ezra command. kjv@Ezra:10:33)

MANASSES - M>@ - Manasseh, king of Judah. kjv@Matthew:1:10) Manasseh the son of Joseph. kjv@Revelation:7:6)

MANASSITES, THE - M>@ - that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; kjv@Judges:12:4; kjv@2Kings:10:33)

MANDRAKES - M>@ - (Heb. dudraim) are mentioned in kjv@Genesis:30:14-16) and in kjv@Songs:7:13 The mandrake, Atropa mandragora , is closely allied to the well-known deadly nightshade, A. bellndonna , and to the tomato, and belongs to the order Solanaceae , or potato family. It grows in Palestine and Mesopotamia. (It grows low, like lettuce, which its leaves somewhat resemble, except that they are of a dark green. The flowers are purple,and the root is usually forked. Its fruit when ripe (early in May) is about the size of a small apple, 24 inches in diameter, ruddy or yellow and of a most agreeable odor (to Orientals more than to Europeans) and an equally agreeable taste. The Arabs call it "devil’s apple," from its power to excite voluptuousness. Dr. Richardson ("Lectures on Alcohol," 1881) tried some experiments with wine made of the root of mandrake, and found it narcotic, causing sleep, so that the ancients used it as an anaesthetic. Used in small quantities like opium, it excites the nerves, and is a stimulant.
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MANEH - M>@ - (a portion (by weight)). WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES

MANGER - M>@ - This word occurs only in kjv@Luke:2:7 kjv@Luke:2:12,16) in connection with the birth of Christ. It means a crib or feeding trough; but according to Schleusner its real signification in the New Testament is the open court-yard attached to the inn or khan, in which the cattle would be shut at night, and where the poorer travellers might unpack their animals and take up their lodging, when they mere either by want of means excluded from the house.

MANNA - M>@ - (what is this?) (Heb. man). The most important passages of the Old Testament on this topic are the following: kjv@Exodus:16:14-36; kjv@Numbers:11:7-9 kjv@Numbers:11:5 kjv@Numbers:11:16; kjv@Joshua:5:12; kjv@Psalms:78:24; 25) From these passages we learn that the manna came every morning except the Sabbath, in the form of a small round seed resembling the hear frost that it must be gathered early, before the sun became so hot as to melt it; that it must be gathered every day except the Sabbath; that the attempt to lay aside for a succeeding day, except on the clay immediately preceding the Sabbath, failed by the substance becoming wormy and offensive; that it was prepared for food by grinding and baking; that its taste was like fresh oil, and like wafers made with honey, equally agreeable to all palates; that the whole nation, of at least 2,000,000, subsisted upon it for forty years; that it suddenly ceased when they first got the new corn of the land of Canaan; and that it was always regarded as a miraculous gift directly from God, and not as a product of nature. The natural products of the Arabian deserts and other Oriental regions which bear the name of manna have not the qualities or uses ascribed to the manna of Scripture. The latter substance was undoubtedly wholly miraculous, and not in any respect a product of nature, though its name may have come from its resemblance to the natural manna The substance now called manna in the Arabian desert through which the Israelites passed is collected in the month of June from the tarfa or tamarisk shrub (Tamarix gallica). According to Burckhardt it drops from the thorns on the sticks and leaves with which the ground is covered, and must be gathered early in the day or it will be melted by the sun. The Arabs cleanse and boil it, strain it through a cloth and put it in leathern bottles; and in this way it can be kept uninjured for several years. They use it like honey or butter with their unleavened bread, but never make it into cakes or eat it by itself. The whole harvest, which amounts to only five or six hundred pounds, is consumed by the Bedouins, "who," says Schaff consider it the greatest dainty their country affords." The manna of European commerce conies mostly from Calabria and Sicily. It’s gathered during the months of June and July from some species of ash (Ornus europaea and O. rotundifolia), from which it drops in consequence of a puncture by an insect resembling the locust, but distinguished from it by having a sting under its body. The substance is fluid at night and resembles the dew but in the morning it begins to harden.

MANOAH - M>@ - (rest), the father of Samson; a Danite, native of the town of Zorah. kjv@Judges:13:2) (B.C. 1161) SAMSON

MANSLAYER - M>@ - one who kills another unintentionally, and is thus distinguished from a murderer, who kills with malice aforethought. The cases of manslaughter mentioned in Scripture appear to be a sufficient indication of the intention of the lawgiver. Death by a blow in a sudden quarrel. kjv@Numbers:35:22) Death by a stone or missile thrown at random. Ibid. kjv@Numbers:35:22-23) By the blade of an axe flying from its handle. (19:5) In all these and the like cases the manslayer was allowed to retire to a city of refuge. A thief overtaken at night in the act of stealing might lawfully be put to death, but if the sun had risen the killing him was to be regarded as murder. kjv@Exodus:22:2 kjv@Exodus:22:8)

MANTLE - M>@ - the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate no less than four Hebrew terms, entirely distinct and independent in both derivation and meaning. kjv@Judges:4:18) the garment with which Jael covered Sisera. Rendered "mantle" in ( kjv@1Samuel:15:27 kjv@1Samuel:28:14; kjv@Ezra:9:3-5) etc. This word is in other passages of the Authorized Version rendered "coat," "cloak" and "robe." kjv@Isaiah:3:22) only. Apparently some article of a lady’s dress. (Kings:19:13,19; kjv@2Kings:2:8 kjv@2Kings:2:13-14) The sole garment of the prophet Elijah. It was probably of sheepskin, such as is worn by the modern dervishes.