Manasseh

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 1 verse

the name means causing to forget Strong's Lexicon

Manasseh, a descendant of Hashum, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Who makes to forget. \"God hath made me forget\" (Heb. nashshani), Gen. 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. He and his brother Ephraim were afterwards adopted by Jacob as his own sons (48:1). There is an account of his marriage to a Syrian (1 Chr. 7:14); and the only thing afterwards recorded of him is, that his grandchildren were \"brought up upon Joseph's knees\" (Gen. 50:23; R.V., \"born upon Joseph's knees\") i.e., were from their birth adopted by Joseph as his own children.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Ezra 10:33.

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Verses that name Manasseh

Ezra 10:33 From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.