Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name םְנַשֶּׁה (Menashshe) meaning "causing to forget", a derivative of נָשָׁה (nasha) meaning "to forget" [1]. In the Old Testament this is the name of the oldest son of Joseph and Asenath and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. It was also borne by a 7th-century BC king of Judah, condemned in the Bible for allowing the worship of other gods.
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5382, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5382.