manna
n. food which God miraculously gave to the Israelites in the wilderness (Biblical); sudden or unexpected assistance; substance obtained from the Eurasian ash tree and formerly used as a laxative | ||||
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Manna Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Manna
(n.)
The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
(n.)
A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
(n.)
A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.
(n.)
The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.
(n.)
A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
(n.)
A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food.
| WordNet 2.0 |
manna
Noun
1. hardened sugary exudation of various trees
(hypernym) sap
2. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
(synonym) miraculous food, manna from heaven
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(classification) Old Testament
Noun
1. hardened sugary exudation of various trees
(hypernym) sap
2. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus
(synonym) miraculous food, manna from heaven
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(classification) Old Testament
| The Devil's Dictionary |
MANNA
Manna, (n.)
A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.
Manna, (n.)
A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and tilled the soil, fertilizing it, as a rule, with the bodies of the original occupants.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
manna
manna
\man"na\ (?), n. [l., fr. gr. &?;, heb. mān; cf. ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (script.) the food supplied to the israelites in their journey through the wilderness of arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. xvi. 15.
2. (bot.) a name given to lichens of the genus lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of arabia and africa, and gathered and used as food.
3. (bot. & med.) a sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of fraxinus ornus, and f. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of southern europe.
note: persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see camel's thorn, under camel); tamarisk manna, that of the tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of western asia; australian, manna, that of certain species of eucalyptus; briançon manna, that of the european larch.
manna
grass (bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus glyceria. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. nerved manna grass is glyceria nervata, and floating manna grass is g. flu.
manna
insect (zo?l), a scale insect (gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the tamarisk tree in arabia.
similar words(5)
manna grass
manna groats
manna insect
manna sugar
manna croup
manna
\man"na\ (?), n. [l., fr. gr. &?;, heb. mān; cf. ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (script.) the food supplied to the israelites in their journey through the wilderness of arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. xvi. 15.
2. (bot.) a name given to lichens of the genus lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of arabia and africa, and gathered and used as food.
3. (bot. & med.) a sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of fraxinus ornus, and f. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of southern europe.
note: persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn (see camel's thorn, under camel); tamarisk manna, that of the tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of western asia; australian, manna, that of certain species of eucalyptus; briançon manna, that of the european larch.
manna
grass (bot.), a name of several tall slender grasses of the genus glyceria. they have long loose panicles, and grow in moist places. nerved manna grass is glyceria nervata, and floating manna grass is g. flu.
manna
insect (zo?l), a scale insect (gossyparia mannipara), which causes the exudation of manna from the tamarisk tree in arabia.
similar words(5)
manna grass
manna groats
manna insect
manna sugar
manna croup
| JM Languages |
MANNA
DORA Manna-Dora is a Dravidian language spoken in India.
The language is: Manna-Dora
DORA Manna-Dora is a Dravidian language spoken in India.
The language is: Manna-Dora
Manna Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
manna
N
manna; (food from God for wandering Hebrews); [man hu => Hebrew what is this]
N
manna; (food from God for wandering Hebrews); [man hu => Hebrew what is this]
Manna Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| International Relations and Security Acronyms |
MANNA
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Manna Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Manna
Heb. man-hu, "What is that?" the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Ex. 16:15-35). The name is commonly taken as derived from man, an expression of surprise, "What is it?" but more probably it is derived from manan, meaning "to allot," and hence denoting an "allotment" or a "gift." This "gift" from God is described as "a small round thing," like the "hoar-frost on the ground," and "like coriander seed," "of the colour of bdellium," and in taste "like wafers made with honey." It was capable of being baked and boiled, ground in mills, or beaten in a mortar (Ex. 16:23; Num. 11:7). If any was kept over till the following morning, it became corrupt with worms; but as on the Sabbath none fell, on the preceding day a double portion was given, and that could be kept over to supply the wants of the Sabbath without becoming corrupt. Directions concerning the gathering of it are fully given (Ex. 16:16-18, 33; Deut. 8:3, 16). It fell for the first time after the eighth encampment in the desert of Sin, and was daily furnished, except on the Sabbath, for all the years of the wanderings, till they encamped at Gilgal, after crossing the Jordan, when it suddenly ceased, and where they "did eat of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more" (Josh. 5:12). They now no longer needed the "bread of the wilderness." This manna was evidently altogether a miraculous gift, wholly different from any natural product with which we are acquainted, and which bears this name. The manna of European commerce comes chiefly from Calabria and Sicily. It drops from the twigs of a species of ash during the months of June and July. At night it is fluid and resembles dew, but in the morning it begins to harden. The manna of the Sinaitic peninsula is an exudation from the "manna-tamarisk" tree (Tamarix mannifera), the el-tarfah of the Arabs. This tree is found at the present day in certain well-watered valleys in the peninsula of Sinai. The manna with which the people of Israel were fed for forty years differs in many particulars from all these natural products. Our Lord refers to the manna when he calls himself the "true bread from heaven" (John 6:31-35; 48-51). He is also the "hidden manna" (Rev. 2:17; comp. John 6:49,51).
Heb. man-hu, "What is that?" the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Ex. 16:15-35). The name is commonly taken as derived from man, an expression of surprise, "What is it?" but more probably it is derived from manan, meaning "to allot," and hence denoting an "allotment" or a "gift." This "gift" from God is described as "a small round thing," like the "hoar-frost on the ground," and "like coriander seed," "of the colour of bdellium," and in taste "like wafers made with honey." It was capable of being baked and boiled, ground in mills, or beaten in a mortar (Ex. 16:23; Num. 11:7). If any was kept over till the following morning, it became corrupt with worms; but as on the Sabbath none fell, on the preceding day a double portion was given, and that could be kept over to supply the wants of the Sabbath without becoming corrupt. Directions concerning the gathering of it are fully given (Ex. 16:16-18, 33; Deut. 8:3, 16). It fell for the first time after the eighth encampment in the desert of Sin, and was daily furnished, except on the Sabbath, for all the years of the wanderings, till they encamped at Gilgal, after crossing the Jordan, when it suddenly ceased, and where they "did eat of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more" (Josh. 5:12). They now no longer needed the "bread of the wilderness." This manna was evidently altogether a miraculous gift, wholly different from any natural product with which we are acquainted, and which bears this name. The manna of European commerce comes chiefly from Calabria and Sicily. It drops from the twigs of a species of ash during the months of June and July. At night it is fluid and resembles dew, but in the morning it begins to harden. The manna of the Sinaitic peninsula is an exudation from the "manna-tamarisk" tree (Tamarix mannifera), the el-tarfah of the Arabs. This tree is found at the present day in certain well-watered valleys in the peninsula of Sinai. The manna with which the people of Israel were fed for forty years differs in many particulars from all these natural products. Our Lord refers to the manna when he calls himself the "true bread from heaven" (John 6:31-35; 48-51). He is also the "hidden manna" (Rev. 2:17; comp. John 6:49,51).
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Manna
(what is this?) (Heb. man). The most important passages of the Old Testament on this topic are the following: (Exodus 16:14-36; Numbers 11:7-9; 11:5,16; Joshua 5:12; 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.
(what is this?) (Heb. man). The most important passages of the Old Testament on this topic are the following: (Exodus 16:14-36; Numbers 11:7-9; 11:5,16; Joshua 5:12; 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.
Manna Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
| GemStone III Glossary |
Manna
n. A spell on the Major Spiritual spell circle. Details are as follows.
Spell #: 203
Spell code: manna
Effect: Produces a loaf of "manna bread" which, when consumed, will speed up the mana and spirit regeneration of the person who eats it, if they sit down and rest. The higher the level of the caster, the bigger the loaf of bread will be, and thus the more "bites" can be eaten from it. Note that manna bread does spoil.
Duration: N/A
Cumulative Duration? N/A
Self-Cast Only? Yes.
n. A spell on the Major Spiritual spell circle. Details are as follows.
Spell #: 203
Spell code: manna
Effect: Produces a loaf of "manna bread" which, when consumed, will speed up the mana and spirit regeneration of the person who eats it, if they sit down and rest. The higher the level of the caster, the bigger the loaf of bread will be, and thus the more "bites" can be eaten from it. Note that manna bread does spoil.
Duration: N/A
Cumulative Duration? N/A
Self-Cast Only? Yes.
Manna Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Manna
Manna (sometimes or archaically spelt mana), (Hebrew: מָן) is the name of a food which, according to the Bible, was eaten by the Israelites during their travels in the desert; until they reached Canaan, the Israelites are implied by some passages in the Bible to have only eaten manna during their desert sojurn, despite the availability of milk and meat from the livestock with which they traveled, and the references to provisions of fine flour, oil, and meat, in later parts of the journey's narrative. The manna is also briefly mentioned in the Qur'an, with the Sura of the Cow, Sura of the Heights, and Sura of the Flattening, mentioning the divine supply of manna as one of the miracles with which the Israelites were favoured; these passages only describe manna as being good things which have been provided ... as sustenance.
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