(Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus.
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Examples for "manna "
Examples for "manna "
1 To the women this strenuous relaxation came as manna in the wilderness.
2 He the provider of the loaves then, of the heavenly manna now.
3 The manna ceased when the people came near cornfields and settled homes.
4 Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium.
5 As miraculous as the taste of manna was it descent from heaven.
1 At the hospital a Snickers bar had seemed like manna from heaven .
2 An unpopular centrist government is manna from heaven for a Sinn Féin opposition.
3 If I have manna in my constitution, I can attract manna from heaven .
4 They all ate the same spiritual meat, the manna from heaven .
5 Might have fooled some unsuspecting tourist into thinking it was manna from heaven .
1 On the other hand, beauty restores and fortifies me like some miraculous food , like Olympian ambrosia.
2 The writer thus leaves the story of the miraculous food to Fatima's prayer, and goes on as follows:-
3 Every day while the Israelites were traveling in the desert God sent them manna-a miraculous food that fell every morning.
4 Then he was strengthened with miraculous food by a heavenly messenger, and bidden to go to Horeb, the mount of God.
5 He argues that the Almighty, who fed the Israelites with manna and supplied Elijah with miraculous food , does not intend to starve his only Son.
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This collocation consists of: Translations for miraculous food