Original: μάννα

Transliteration: mánna

Phonetic: man'-nah

Short Definition: Manna

- Original: μάννα

- Transliteration: manna

- Phonetic: man'-nah

- Definition: manna = "what is it"

1. the food that nourished the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness

2. of the manna was kept in the ark of the covenant

3. symbolically, that which is kept in the heavenly temple for the food of angels and the blessed

- Origin: of hebrew origin H4478

- TDNT entry: 11:42,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H4478]; manna (that is man) an edible gum: - manna.