Mᵉnashshîy — H4520

Definition

adjective

a Menashshite or descendant of Menashsheh

1. Manassites = Manasseh "causing to forget"
2. descendants of Manasseh, son of Joseph and grandson of Jacob
1. specifically used only of that half that lived east of the Jordan

Usually translated as

of Manasseh, Manassites

Origin

from H4519

• Derived from Mᵉnashsheh (H4519)

Occurrences

Mᵉnashshîy occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Deuteronomy 4:43 — Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites (לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי).
• Deuteronomy 29:8 — And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh (הַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי).
• 2 Kings 10:33 — From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites (וְהַֽמְנַשִּׁ֑י), from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
• 1 Chronicles 26:32 — And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh (הַֽמְנַשִּׁ֔י), for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.