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Manner
King James Dictionary
or MAN'NER, n. L. manus, the hand.
1. Form method way of performing or executing.
Find thou the manner, and the means prepare.
2. Custom habitual practice.
Show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. This will be the manner of the king. 1 Samuel 8
Paul, as his manner was--Acts 17 .
3. Sort kind.
Ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs. Luke 11 .
They shall say all manner of evil against you falsely--Matthew 5
In this application, manner has the sense of a plural word all sorts or kinds.
4. Certain degree or measure. It is in a manner done already.
The bread is in a manner common. 1 Samuel 21
This use may also be sometimes defined by sort or fashion as we say, a thing is done after a sort or fashion, that is, not well, fully or perfectly.
Augustinus does in a manner confess the charge.
5. Mien cast of look mode.
Air and manner are more expressive than words.
6. Peculiar way or carriage distinct mode.
It can hardly be imagined how great a difference was in the humor, disposition and manner of the army under Essex and that under Waller.
A man's company may be known by his manner of expressing himself.
7. Way mode of things.
The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner.
8. Way of service or worship.
The nations which thou hast removed and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the god of the land--2 Kings 7 .
9. In painting, the particular habit of a painter in managing colors, lights and shades.
MAN'NER, To instruct in manners.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Manner'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/manner.html.
