Maanah מַעֲנָה
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| מַעֲנָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maanah |
| Strong's number | H4618 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | furrow |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Samuel (1) |
Maanah (Hebrew מַעֲנָה, Strong's H4618) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “furrow”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
ploughing ground, place for task
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | acre (1), furrows (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | acre (1), they made their furrows (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maanah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 14:14And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
Psalms
- Psalm 129:3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).