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Manoah
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(rest), the father of Samson; a Danite, native of the town of Zorah. (Judges 13:2) (B.C. 1161) [Samson]
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
MANO'AH (rest), a native of the town of Zorah, in the tribe of Dan, and the father of Samson, whose birth is recorded in Jud 13:1-23. Manoah is again mentioned, Jud 14:2-4 at the occasion of Samson's marriage, but seems to have died before the son, whose body was brought up from Gaza by his brethren, not, as Milton has it, by his father. Jud 16:31.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
rest; a present
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
MANO'AH (rest), a native of the town of Zorah, in the tribe of Dan, and the father of Samson, whose birth is recorded in Jud 13:1-23. Manoah is again mentioned, Jud 14:2-4 at the occasion of Samson's marriage, but seems to have died before the son, whose body was brought up from Gaza by his brethren, not, as Milton has it, by his father. Jud 16:31.