Bible Names

Manoah: meaning of the name

Manoah means “rest; a present.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Manoah in Hebrew and Greek

מָנוֹחַ H4495

Mânôwach (maw-no'-akh) — Manoach, an Israelite

the same as H4494 (מָנוֹחַ); rest;

Who named Manoah in the Bible

Manoah in Scripture

“Manoah” appears in 14 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Judges 13:2

    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.

  • Judges 13:8

    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.

  • Judges 13:9

    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.

  • Judges 13:11

    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.

  • Judges 13:12

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

  • Judges 13:13

    And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

  • Judges 13:15

    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.

  • Judges 13:16

    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.