MANNA FROM HEAVEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manna from heaven mean? 

• MANNA FROM HEAVEN (noun)
  The noun MANNA FROM HEAVEN has 2 senses:

1. (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus

2. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

  Familiarity information: MANNA FROM HEAVEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANNA FROM HEAVEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

manna; manna from heaven; miraculous food

Hypernyms ("manna from heaven" is a kind of...):

food; nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

bonanza; boom; bunce; godsend; gold rush; gravy; manna from heaven; windfall

Context example:

the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

Hypernyms ("manna from heaven" is a kind of...):

happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)