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Mishmannah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4925

מִשְׁמַנָּה

mish.man.nah — Mishmannah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.12.10 § Mishmannah = "fatness" a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors, who joined him at Ziklag

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Historical dictionary entry

Fatness, one of the Gadite heroes who gathered to David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:10).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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