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manna Definition

manna (manə)

noun

    1. Bible food miraculously provided for the Israelites in the wilderness: Ex. 16:14-36
    2. divine aid, spiritual sustenance, etc.
  1. anything badly needed that comes unexpectedly
    1. a sweet, gummy juice obtained from a European ash tree (Fraxinus ornus), formerly used as a laxative
    2. any of various similar substances exuded by certain plants and insects

Etymology: OE < LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) < Aram mannā < Heb mān, orig., prob. man hu, lit., what is it?

manna Synonyms

manna

n.

manna Usage Examples

Preposition: from

heaven: The 1 mile to go sign, not far now, manna from heaven a sweeping downhill.

Converse of object

  • eat: They had to collect and eat fresh manna everyday.
  • provide: He is more than the manna provided in the desert, given graciously from high.
  • give: Moses gave the manna, but Iesous provided the first fruits of life from the grain of the Promised Land.
  • have: It also contained a golden jar having the manna and the rod of high priest Aaron.
  • gather: The Israelites were to gather the manna, every man according to his eating ( Exodus 16:16 ).
  • collect: So each day they had to go out from the camp and collect the manna from heaven which God provided.

Adjective modifier

  • hidden: The one who has the Spirit will find in it the hidden manna.
  • mysterious: I tell them about the search for food, and about the mysterious manna of the airship.

Converse of subject

feed: They are, of course, fed by manna from heaven, in thought as well as through their stomachs.

Preposition: in

  • wilderness: Jesus points them away from Moses, to Moses ' God, to the one who really provided the manna in the wilderness.
  • desert: Now the Israelites knew that the LORD could feed them with manna in the desert.

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