Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4521
מְנָת
menathmen-awth'
portion
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉnâth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4521is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4521
an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence)
The King James renders it: portion.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
menath is rendered "portion". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Nehemiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Chronicles 31:3The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 31:3וּמְנָת֩
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Nehemiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- portion of4
- portions of3
- and portion of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מְנָא | mena | to reckon/appoint | Uses5 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּמְנָת֩1
- מְנָא֣וֹת1
- מְנָי֛וֹת1
- מְנָי֥וֹת1
- מְנָ֣ת1
- מְנָ֖ת1
- מְנָ֥ת1
- מְנָת־1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HNcfsc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HNcfpc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfsc
2 Chronicles
two uses
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
- וּמְנָת֩umenatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and portion of
Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
- מְנָ֥תmenatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Nehemiah
three uses
And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
- מְנָא֣וֹתmenaotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portions of
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
- מְנָי֛וֹתmenayotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portions of
I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
- מְנָי֥וֹתmenayotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portions of
Psalms
two uses
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- מְנָ֣תmenatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
- מְנָ֖תmenatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Jeremiah
one use
This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
- מְנָת־menot-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.