מִנְחָהminchâh

מִנְחָה: gift, tribute, offering

Pronunciation: min-khaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4503

Meanings

1. gift, present (Genesis 32:22; Genesis 33:10; Genesis 43:11)

2. tribute (Judges 3:15; Judges 3:17; Judges 3:18)

3. offering (Genesis 4:3; Genesis 4:4; Genesis 4:5)

4. exilic or post-exilic, grain offering, whether raw, roasted, ground to flour, or prepared as bread or cakes, see below (Judges 3:22; Isaiah 66:20; Malachi 1:11)

5. grain-offering (Exodus 30:9; Exodus 40:29; Leviticus 7:37)

a. אָבִיב grain in the ear parched with fire, with oil and frankincense (Leviticus 2:14; Leviticus 2:15)

b. סֹלֶת fine flour with oil and frankincense (Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 14:10)

c. סֹלֶת baked in an oven as חַלּוֺת perforated cakes, or רְקִיקִים flat cakes (Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 7:9; Numbers 6:15)

d. at Pentecost to consecrate new bread (Leviticus 23:16; Leviticus 23:17; Numbers 28:26)

e. barley meal without oil or incense (Numbers 5:15; Numbers 5:18; Numbers 5:25)

6. verbs of offering are (Genesis 4:3; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 2:8)

: gift, offering

1. oblation, to God's representative (Daniel 2:46)

2. meal-offering, technical (Ezra 7:17)

Same root

מִנְחָהminchâh · H4504a sacrificial offering

Where it appears

Appears 211 times in the Bible.

Genesis 4:3 When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord.
Genesis 4:4 Abel also brought a gift—the best portions of the firstborn lambs from his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:5 but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
Genesis 32:13 Jacob stayed where he was for the night. Then he selected these gifts from his possessions to present to his brother, Esau:
Genesis 32:18 You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.’”
Genesis 32:20 And be sure to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” Jacob thought, “I will try to appease him by sending gifts ahead of me. When I see him in person, perhaps he will be friendly to me.”

See every passage

Genesis 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 32:13, 32:18, 32:20, 32:21, 33:10, 43:11, 43:15, 43:25, 43:26
Exodus 29:41, 30:9, 40:29
Leviticus 2:1, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 2:10, 2:11, 2:13, 2:14, 2:15, 5:13, 6:14, 6:15, 6:20, 6:21, 6:23, 7:9, 7:10, 7:37, 9:4, 9:17, 10:12, 14:10, 14:20, 14:21, 14:31, 23:13, 23:16, 23:18, 23:37
Numbers 4:16, 5:15, 5:18, 5:25, 5:26, 6:15, 6:17, 7:13, 7:19, 7:25, 7:31, 7:37, 7:43, 7:49, 7:55, 7:61, 7:67, 7:73, 7:79, 7:87, 8:8, 15:4, 15:6, 15:9, 15:24, 16:15, 18:9, 28:5, 28:8, 28:9, 28:12, 28:13, 28:20, 28:26, 28:28, 28:31, 29:3, 29:6, 29:9, 29:11, 29:14, 29:16, 29:18, 29:19, 29:21, 29:22, 29:24, 29:25, 29:27, 29:28, 29:30, 29:31, 29:33, 29:34, 29:37, 29:38, 29:39
Joshua 22:23, 22:29
Judges 3:15, 3:17, 3:18, 6:18, 13:19, 13:23
1 Samuel 2:17, 2:29, 3:14, 10:27, 26:19
2 Samuel 8:2, 8:6
1 Kings 4:21, 8:64, 10:25, 18:29, 18:36
2 Kings 3:20, 8:8, 8:9, 16:13, 16:15, 17:3, 17:4, 20:12
1 Chronicles 16:29, 18:2, 18:6, 21:23, 23:29
2 Chronicles 7:7, 9:24, 17:5, 17:11, 26:8, 32:23
Ezra 9:4, 9:5
Nehemiah 10:33, 13:5, 13:9
Psalms 20:3, 40:6, 45:12, 72:10, 96:8, 141:2
Isaiah 1:13, 19:21, 39:1, 43:23, 57:6, 66:3, 66:20
Jeremiah 14:12, 17:26, 33:18, 41:5
Ezekiel 42:13, 44:29, 45:15, 45:17, 45:24, 45:25, 46:5, 46:7, 46:11, 46:14, 46:15, 46:20
Daniel 9:21, 9:27
Hosea 10:6
Joel 1:9, 1:13, 2:14
Amos 5:22, 5:25
Zephaniah 3:10
Malachi 1:10, 1:11, 1:13, 2:12, 2:13, 3:3, 3:4

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).