Word study · Greek

manna

manna

Say it: MAN-nah (approximate)

μάννα

What it means

The bread-like food God provided to Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16). The crowd mentions it to ask for a sign (6:31), and Jesus answers that it was not Moses who gave it, and that he himself is the true bread from heaven (6:32-35, 6:49-51).

Range of meaning

  • MannaThe wilderness food.

In John

  • Chapter 6

    "Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness" (6:31, 6:49, 6:58).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G3131 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources