First name Manoah in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Manoah is the name of a Danite man from Zorah (JDG 13:2), father of Samson (JDG 13:24). Meaning of the name: rest; a present. Related names are: Zorah, Eshtaol, Israel, and Lord. The translations of Manoah in 22 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the below, from Manue in Spanish to マノア in Japanese!

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And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. (JDG 13:2)

Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. (JDG 13:8)

And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. (JDG 13:9)

And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. (JDG 13:11)

And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? (JDG 13:12)

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. (JDG 13:13)

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. (JDG 13:15)

And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. (JDG 13:16)

And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? (JDG 13:17)

So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. (JDG 13:19)

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. (JDG 13:20)

But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. (JDG 13:21)

And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. (JDG 13:22)

Then his brethren 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 burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. (JDG 16:31)

First name Manoah in the world's Bibles

Popularity of the name Manoah in its translations around the world

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