מָנוֹחַ
ma.no.ach
Manoah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word "Manoah" (ma.no.ach) in the Hebrew Bible appears eighteen times. It is a proper name given to a person, and it does not have a broader semantic domain. This indicates that "Manoah" is uniquely identified by this name and is likely a significant individual in the narrative. Given its classification as a proper name, it's likely that "Manoah" holds an important role in the context where it appears. The frequency of its occurrence (18 times) suggests that he might be a key figure in the biblical story or a recurring theme. Without further analysis, it's impossible to determine the exact nature of his significance, but it is clear that he is a distinct character in the biblical narrative.
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Occurrences in Scripture
18 total occurrences across the text
There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
Judges 13:8Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, “Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we should do to the child who shall be born.”
Judges 13:9God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.
Judges 13:9God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah, her husband, wasn’t with her.
Judges 13:11Manoah arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” He said, “I am.”
Judges 13:12Manoah said, “Now let your words happen. What shall the child’s way of life and mission be?”
Judges 13:13Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her beware.
Judges 13:15Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
Judges 13:16Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was Yahweh’s angel.
Judges 13:16Yahweh’s angel said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I won’t eat your bread. If you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah didn’t know that he was Yahweh’s angel.
Judges 13:17Manoah said to Yahweh’s angel, “What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?”
Judges 13:19So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
Judges 13:19So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh. Then the angel did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.
Judges 13:20For when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, Yahweh’s angel ascended in the flame of the altar. Manoah and his wife watched; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
Judges 13:21But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.
Judges 13:21But Yahweh’s angel didn’t appear to Manoah or to his wife any more. Then Manoah knew that he was Yahweh’s angel.
Judges 13:22Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God.”
Judges 16:31Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.