Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Manassites, The Manas’sites, The. That is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. Deu 4:43; Jdg 12:4; 2Ki 10:33. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Manassites Jdg 12:4-5. Translated for “which were escaped “fugitives, as in Jdg 12:4; “you Gileadites with Jephthah are Ephraimite fugitives in the midst of the noble tribes Ephraim and Manasseh.” The Gileadites paid them in their own coin, turning Ephraim’s taunt upon themselves, when the Ephraimires as fugitives begged the Gileadites who had taken the … Continue reading “Manassites”

Manassite (, Menassi’, patronymic from MANASSEH, used collectively; Sept. ), Auth. Vers. Manassites, of Manasseh), a descendant of Manasseh, or a member of that tribe (Deu 4:43; Deu 29:8; 2Ki 10:33; 1Ch 26:32). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Manasses, The Prayer Of one of the shorter apocryphal pieces appended to the O.T. (In the following account we mainly follow the articles on the subject in Kitto and Smith’s Dictionaries.) Though wanting in the early printed editions of the Sept., it must have been included in the ancient MSS. of the Sept., as is … Continue reading “Manasses, The Prayer of”

Manasses, Prayer of Manasses, Prayer of [APOCRYPHA]. This pseudepigraphal work has come down to us in the MSS. of the Latin Vulgate, and is found in the early printed editions of that version. Du Pin asserts that the Latin fathers have often cited this prayer; but the earliest reference to it which we know of … Continue reading “Manasses, Prayer of”

Manasses (Hebrew: he that causes to forget) One of the twelve tribes of Israel. At the time of the census taken in the Desert of Sinai, the tribe numbered 32,200 men “that were able to go forth to war” (Numbers 1), the smallest number among all the tribes; but at the second census, taken in … Continue reading “Manasses”

Manasseh, Tribe Of On the prophetic benediction of Jacob, above referred to, although Manasseh, as the representative of his future lineage, had, like his grand- uncle Esau, lost his birthright in favor of his younger brother, he received, as Esau had, a blessing only inferior to the birthright itself. Like his brother, he was to … Continue reading “Manasseh, Tribe of”

Manasseh, persons Manasseh, 1 Manasseh (who makes forget, see Gen 41:51), the elder of the two sons of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen 41:51; Gen 46:20), whom Jacob adopted as his own (Gen 48:1)by which act each became the head of a tribe in Israel. The act of adoption was however accompanied by a clear … Continue reading “Manasseh, persons”

MANASSEH, KING OF JUDAH Of all Judahs kings, Manasseh was by far the worst. No sooner had he established his power than he began a program of demolishing all the reforms that his father Hezekiah had introduced. With fanatical anti-God zeal, he reintroduced foreign religious practices of every kind (2Ki 21:1-9). Fifty-five years of his … Continue reading “MANASSEH, KING OF JUDAH”

Manasseh, Ben-Joseph Ben-Israel one of the most distinguished Jewish theologians of the 17th century, was born at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1604, at a time when the Iberian peninsula was a place of torture for all non-Roman Catholic believers, but more particularly the Jews. Joseph, his father, a rich merchant, feared the power of the inquisitors, … Continue reading “Manasseh, Ben-Joseph Ben-Israel”