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  2. 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?” And in the most famous Christmas ...

  3. Discover the meaning of Manger in the Bible. Study the definition of Manger with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.

  4. 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.

  5. In Septuagint, the Greek word, representing different Hebrew words, has also the extended meaning of "stall" (2 Chronicles 32:28 Habakkuk 3:17); thus also in Luke 13:15, where the Revised Version margin has "manger." Old tradition says that Jesus was born in a cave in the neighborhood of Bethlehem; even so, a place for food for cattle may have ...

  6. Dec 13, 2023 · The most popular reference to the manger in the Bible is found in the Gospel of Luke, when Mary and Joseph are struggling to find shelter before Jesus’ birth. The text describes how “she laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7).

  7. Oct 4, 2022 · The word “manger” appears four times in the New Testament. Luke is the only writer who uses the word, which he does three times in the second chapter of his Gospel and another time when he quotes Jesus. The first time he refers to a manger, it describes Jesus’ birth.

  8. 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.