Manasseh Tribe Name

מְנַשֶּׁה136 n.pr.m. et trib. Manasseh (interpr. Gn 41:51 as Pi. causat. √II. נשׁה q.v.);—מ׳ Gn 46:20 +; מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה 41:51 + (on Ju 18:30 v. מֹשֶׁה); c. art. (strangely), הַמְֿ׳ Dt 7:13 Jos 1:12 + (v. infr.); 𝔊 Μαν(ν)ασση;— 1. †a. Manasseh, eldest son of Joseph Gn 41:51; 48:1, 13, 14(×2), 17, 20(×2), also 50:23 (father of Machir; all E), 46:20; 48:5 (both P). b. of tribe, often + Ephraim (v. אֶפְרַיִם): (1) the part W. of Jordan: †a. בְּנֵי מ׳ Jos 16:9; 17:2a (בני־מ׳ הַנּוֹתָרִים), v 2 b, 6, 12 (all JE), 1 Ch 7:29; 9:3 (בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם וּמ׳; Jos 13:29 v. infr.); β. מ׳ alone, Jos 17:5, 8(×2), 9b, 11, 17 Dt 34:2 (אֶרֶץ אֶפְרַיִם וּמ׳; all JE), 2 Ch 30:10 (id.), Jos 16:4; 17:7, 9a, 10 (all P), also appar. Dt 33:17 (poem), Ju 1:27; 6:15, 35; 7:23 Is 9:20(×2) ψ 80:3 + 10 times Chr; †γ. מַטֵּה מ׳ 1 Ch 6:55; חֲצִי מַטֵּה מ׳ Jos 21:6, 25 1 Ch 12:32; (van d. H. v 31); מַחֲצִית מַטֵּה חֲצִי מ׳ 6:46 (but on text v. Kit); שְׁנֵי מַטּוֹת מ׳ וְאֶפְרַיִם Jos 14:4 (P); †δ. חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ׳ 1 Ch 27:20; c. art. הַשֵּׁבֶט הַמְֿ׳ Jos 13:7 (D). †(2) of Manasseh E. of Jordan; a. בְּנֵי מ׳ Jos 22:30, 31 (P); β. מ׳ alone, Ju 11:29 (distinctly of territory), 12:4 (but on text v. GFM), ψ 60:9=108:9; חֲצִי הַמּ׳ 1 Ch 27:21; γ. מַטֵּה מ׳ Jos 17:1a; 20:8 (both P), 1 Ch 6:47; הֲצִי מַטֵּה מ׳ Jos 22:1 (D), Nu 34:14 Jos 21:5, 27 (all P), 1 Ch 6:56; חֲצִי מַטֵּה כְּנֵי מ׳ Jos 13:29 (P); δ. חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ׳ Dt 3:13 (D), Jos 13:29; 22:13, 15 (all P), 1 Ch 5:18, 23, 26; 12:38 (van d. H. v 37); הֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מ׳ בֶּן־יוֹסֵף Nu 32:33 (P); c. art. חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְֿ׳ Jos 1:12; 4:12; 12:6; 18:7; 22:1, 7 (all D), 22:9, 10, 11, 21 (all P). Here belong also (chiefly) reff. to מ׳ as father of Machir (cf. Gn 50:23 supr.): †Nu 27:1; 32:39, 40; 36:1 Jos 13:31; 17:1, 3; (all P), 1 Ch 7:14, 17; and of Jair Dt 3:14 (D), Nu 32:41 (P), 1 K 4:13 (cf. מָכִיר" dir="rtl" >מָכִיר, יָאִיר" dir="rtl" >יָאִיר. †(3) of undivided tribe (never שֵׁבֶט מ׳): a. בְּנֵי מ׳ Nu 1:34; 2:20; 7:54; 26:29; 36:12 (all P); β. מ׳ alone, Nu 1:10; 26:28, 34; 27:1b (all P), Ez 48:4, 5; γ. מַטֵּה מ׳ Nu 1:35; 2:20; 13:11, מַטֵּה בְּנֵי מ׳ Nu 10:23; 34:23 (all P). 2. son of Hezekiah, and king of Judah (Assyrian Menasê, Minsê SchrCOT 2 K 21, 1);—2 K 20:21; 20:21 + 9 times Kings, 12 times Chr, Je 15:4. †3. two who had taken strange wives: a. Ezr 10:30. b. 10:33.

† מְנַשִּׁי adj. gent. of מ׳ 1; only c. art. הַמְֿ׳, as n. coll., of tribe E. of Jordan: Dt 4:43 2 K 10:33; שֵׁבֶט הַמְֿ׳ Dt 29:7 1 Ch 26:32.

Μανασσῆς, -ῆ, ὁ (Heb. מְנַשֶּׁה), Manasseh; __1. (a) the first-born son of Joseph; __(b) the tribe which bore his name: Rev.7:6. __2. King of Judah: Mat.1:10.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)