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Nov 30, 2017 · Manger comes from the Latin word for chew or eat. It refers to a trough where horses and donkeys and cattle ate. For example, Luke uses it in Luke 13:15: The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?”
MANGER. man'-jer (phatne): Properly the place in a stall or stable where the food of cattle is placed (in the Old Testament "crib" (Job 39:9 Proverbs 14:4 Isaiah 1:3)); thus also, apparently, in the narrative of the nativity in Luke 2:7, 12, 16.
Manger [N] [S] ( Luke 2:7 Luke 2:12 Luke 2:16 ), the name (Gr. phatne, rendered "stall" in Luke 13:15 ) given to the place where the infant Redeemer was laid. It seems to have been a stall or crib for feeding cattle. Stables and mangers in our modern sense were in ancient times unknown in the East.
Dec 21, 2023 · As recorded in Scripture, the first time the word manger is referenced to Christ is in Luke 2:7, which reads, “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”
Manger. MANGER (φάτνη, G5764, feeding trough, box for fodder), used in contexts concerning domesticated animals from Homer on, esp. by writers such as Aelian. The KJV reads “manger” in Luke 2:7, 12, 16 but trs. “stall” in Luke 13:15. In the LXX the Gr. term is used to tr. a number of Heb. terms.
Manger :: This word occurs only in Luke 2:7; 2:12; 2:16 in connection with the birth of Christ. It means a crib or feeding trough; but according to Schleusner
Oct 27, 2022 · The word used for manger is the Latin word munducare, which means “to eat.” When our Savior left the comfort of Heaven and his earthly mother’s womb, his first resting place on earth doubled as a feeding trough for livestock. Back then, farmers kept their mangers overflowing with fodder so their beasts of burden would never go hungry.
