Manassite

[ muh-nas-ahyt ]

noun

1. a member of the tribe of Manasseh.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Manassite¹

Manass(eh) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Now, that the destruction of Shechem by the Manassite Abimelech is quite distinct from the attack made by Simeon and Levi need hardly be said.

From Project Gutenberg

Various Manassite families, finding their holdings at home too small, crossed the Jordan and founded colonies at Bashan and northern Gilead.

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There is another instance in the Book of Judges of the occurrence of the same historical material in two different forms; it is the story of Gideon of the Manassite house of Abiezer.

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