מְנַשֶּׁה

Strong’s Definition

Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Etymology & Derivation

from H5382 (נָשָׁה); causing to forget;

KJV Usage

Manasseh.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.the eldest son of joseph and progenitor of the tribe of manasseh
• 2.the tribe descended from manasseh
• 3.the territory occupied by the tribe of manasseh
• 4.son of king hezekiah of judah and himself king of judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile
• 5.a descendant of pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of ezra
• 6.a descendant of hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of ezra

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mᵉnashsheh; Pronunciation: men-ash-sheh'