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Manassite

American  
[muh-nas-ahyt] / məˈnæs aɪt /

noun

  1. a member of the tribe of Manasseh.


Etymology

Origin of Manassite

Manass(eh) + -ite 1

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Now, that the destruction of Shechem by the Manassite Abimelech is quite distinct from the attack made by Simeon and Levi need hardly be said.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen

Various Manassite families, finding their holdings at home too small, crossed the Jordan and founded colonies at Bashan and northern Gilead.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen

There is another instance in the Book of Judges of the occurrence of the same historical material in two different forms; it is the story of Gideon of the Manassite house of Abiezer.

From Prolegomena by Julius Wellhausen

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