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    Manasseh

    muh-NAS-uh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Causing to forget
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Manasseh appears in the King James Bible, including Genesis 41:51.
    First appears in
    Genesis — The patriarchs
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Manasseh's name speaks of God's power to heal painful memories. Both the patriarch's son and the wicked king demonstrate that God transforms our past sorrows into testimonies of grace.
    King James verses
    • Genesis 41:51

      "And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

    • 2 Chronicles 33:13

      "And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God."

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