STRONGS H4503:
Abbreviations
מִנְחָה 153 noun feminine gift, tribute, offering (Late Hebrew
id.; Phoenician
מנחת;
מִנְחָתָא; on Arabic see above); — absolute
מ׳ Genesis 4:3 +
81 times; construct
מִנְחַת Leviticus 2:7 +
22 times; suffix
מִנְחָתִי Genesis 33:10 +
3 times; +
41 times suffixes singular; plural suffix
מִנְחֹתֶיךָ Psalm 20:4;
מִנְחֹתֵיבֶם Numbers 29:39;
Amos 5:22; —
1. gift, present Genesis 32:14; Genesis 32:19; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 32:22 (E), Genesis 33:10; Genesis 43:11, 15, 25, 26 (J), Judges 6:18; 1 Samuel 10:27; 1 Kings 10:25 2 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Kings 8:8, 9; 2 Kings 20:12 = Isaiah 39:1; Psalm 45:13; 2 Chronicles 32:23.
2. tribute Judges 3:15, 17, 18 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 = 1 Chronicles 18:2; 1 Chronicles 18:6, 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 17:3, 4; 2 Chronicles 17:5, 11; 26:8; Hosea 10:6; Psalm 72:10.
3. offering made to God, of any kind, whether grain or animals Genesis 4:3, 4, 5; Numbers 16:15 (J), 1 Samuel 2:17, 29; 1 Samuel 26:19; Isaiah 1:13; Psalm 96:8; Zephaniah 3:10; + (probably) (לַ)עֲלוֺת הַ֫מִּנְחָה 1 Kings 18:29, 36; 2 Kings 3:20 (Ephraimitic source; usually regarded as = מִנְחַת עֶרֶב, but that much later usage). This general meaning possibly as also in following; זבח ומנחה 1 Samuel 2:29 (see 1 Samuel 2:29 b), 1 Samuel 3:14; Isaiah 19:21; עלה ומנחה Jeremiah 14:12; || עולה Psalm 20:4; || שֶׁלֶם Amos 5:22 (עֹלוֺת gloss, to explain אָרִיחַ); or these may shew early stage of discrimination.
† 4. grain offering (whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below. AV meat offering, misleading < RV meal-offering. GFMJudges 3:22 renders cereal oblation); — יָבִיאוּ אֶתהַֿמִּנְחָה בִּכְלִי טָהוֺר Isaiah 66:20 they bring the grain offering in clean vessels (restored Jews are brought as such an offering), compare מנחה טהורה Malachi 1:11; brought in hands Jeremiah 41:5 (late addition Co); received from hands Malachi 1:10; חִטִּים למנחה 1 Chronicles 21:23 wheat for grain offering; סֹלֶת 1 Chronicles 23:29, mixed with oil Ezekiel 46:14, baked Ezekiel 46:20; distinguished from other offerings 1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 7:7; 2 Kings 16:13, 15 (3 times in verse); Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 33:18; Jeremiah 41:5 (late editors Co), Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 44:29; Ezekiel 45:15, 17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 45:25; Daniel 9:27; Psalm 40:7; used alone Nehemiah 13:5, 9; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:5 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:7, 11, 14 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:15; Malachi 1:13; Malachi 2:12, 13; Malachi 3:3, 4; Judges 13:19, 23 (R, GFMJud 322); (הָ) עֶרֶב מִנְחַת evening grain offering 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4, 5; Daniel 9:21; Psalm 141:2; מִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד continual grain off. Nehemiah 10:34, compare Leviticus 6:13; Numbers 4:16 (all cases under 4 exilic or post-exilic).
5. grain-offering, always with this meaning in P, in classifications Exodus 30:9; Exodus 40:29; Leviticus 7:37; Leviticus 23:37; Numbers 18:9; Numbers 29:39; —
a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:14, 15.
b. סֹלֶת fine flour with oil and frankincense Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 6:7; elsewhere בְּלוּלָה בַּשֶּׁמֶן mingled with oil Leviticus 14:10, 21; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 7:13 + 10 times Numbers 8:8; Numbers 15:4, 6, 9; Numbers 28:5 + 6 times Numbers 29:3, 9, 14, except sin offering of very poor where offered without oil and frankincense Leviticus 5:11-13.
c. סֹלֶת baked in an oven as חַלּוֺת perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים flat cakes Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 7:9; Numbers 6:15, על הַמַּחֲבַת on a flat pan Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:14; Leviticus 7:9, or מַרְחֶשֶׁת frying pan Leviticus 2:7; Leviticus 7:9. All these always unleavened (מַצּוֺת) and mixed with oil and salt Leviticus 2:11-13.
d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread, מִנְחָה חֲדָשָׁה new grain offering of two loaves of leavened bread Leviticus 23:16, 17; Numbers 28:26
e. barley meal without oil or incense; מִנְחַת קְנָאֹת grain offering of jealousy, זִכָּרוֺן מ׳ Numbers 5:15, 18, 25. compare phrases מִנְחַת הַבֹּקֶר morning oblation Exodus 29:41; Numbers 28:8; קָרְבַּן מ׳ Leviticus 2:1, 4, 13; בִּכּוּרִים מ׳ Leviticus 2:14; מִּתִּים מ׳ Leviticus 6:14.
6..verbs of offering are הֵבִיא Genesis 4:3 (J), Leviticus 2:2, 8 (P), Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 66:20 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 17:26; Malachi 1:13; הִקְרִיב Leviticus 2:1, 8, 11; Leviticus 6:7; Numbers 5:25; עשׂה Numbers 6:17; Numbers 28:31; 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; Ezekiel 45:24; Ezekiel 46:7, 14, 15; הקטיר 2 Kings 16:13, 15; Jeremiah 33:18; העלה Isaiah 57:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 14:12; הגישׁ Amos 5:25; Malachi 2:12; Malachi 3:3; הוביל Zephaniah 3:10; נשׂא Psalm 96:8, also (מ׳ = tribute) 2 Samuel 8:2, 6 and ||.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H4504.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
4:3; 4:3; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 32:14; 32:19; 32:21; 32:22; 33:10; 33:10; 43:11; 43:15; 43:25; 43:26
Exodus
29:41; 30:9; 40:29
Leviticus
2:1; 2:1; 2:1; 2:2; 2:4; 2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:8; 2:11; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 6:7; 6:7; 6:13; 6:14; 6:14; 7:9; 7:9; 7:9; 7:37; 14:10; 14:21; 23:13; 23:16; 23:17; 23:37
Numbers
4:16; 5:15; 5:18; 5:25; 5:25; 6:15; 6:17; 7:13; 8:8; 15:4; 15:6; 15:9; 16:15; 18:9; 28:5; 28:8; 28:26; 28:31; 29:3; 29:9; 29:14; 29:39; 29:39
Judges
3:15; 3:17; 3:18; 3:22; 6:18; 13:19; 13:23
1 Samuel
2:17; 2:29; 2:29; 2:29; 3:14; 10:27; 26:19
2 Samuel
8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:6
1 Kings
5:1; 8:64; 8:64; 10:25; 18:29; 18:36
2 Kings
3:20; 8:8; 8:9; 16:13; 16:13; 16:15; 16:15; 16:15; 17:3; 17:4; 20:12
1 Chronicles
18:2; 18:6; 21:23; 23:29
2 Chronicles
7:7; 7:7; 9:24; 17:5; 17:11; 26:8; 32:23
Ezra
9:4; 9:5
Nehemiah
10:34; 13:5; 13:9
Psalms
20:4; 20:4; 40:7; 45:13; 72:10; 96:8; 96:8; 141:2
Isaiah
1:13; 1:13; 19:21; 39:1; 43:23; 57:6; 57:6; 66:3; 66:3; 66:20; 66:20
Jeremiah
14:12; 14:12; 17:26; 17:26; 33:18; 33:18; 41:5; 41:5
Ezekiel
42:13; 44:29; 45:15; 45:17; 45:24; 45:24; 45:25; 46:5; 46:7; 46:7; 46:11; 46:14; 46:14; 46:14; 46:15; 46:15; 46:20
Daniel
9:21; 9:27
Hosea
10:6
Amos
5:22; 5:22; 5:25
Zephaniah
3:10; 3:10
Malachi
1:10; 1:11; 1:13; 1:13; 2:12; 2:12; 2:13; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4