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Manna From Heaven

Definitions: Manna From Heaven

Manna From Heaven

Noun

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

2. A sudden happening that brings very good fortune.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Manna From Heaven

Synonyms: bonanza (n), boom (n), manna (n), miraculous food (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Manna From Heaven

DomainUsage

Screenplays

My Spunk is manna from heaven. (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

Murphy, you're manna from heaven. (The Ex-Mrs. Bradford; writing credit: James Edward Grant; Anthony Veiller)

Movie/TV Titles

Manna From Heaven (2001)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Manna From Heaven

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

manna from heaven

26
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Manna From Heaven

Language Translations for "manna from heaven"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Spanish

  

maná caído del cielo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Manna From Heaven


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 6E 6E 61      46 72 6F 6D      48 65 61 76 65 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01101110 01101110 01100001 00100000 01000110 01110010 01101111 01101101 00100000 01001000 01100101 01100001 01110110 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#110 &#110 &#97 &#32 &#70 &#114 &#111 &#109 &#32 &#72 &#101 &#97 &#118 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 006E 006E 0061      0046 0072 006F 006D      0048 0065 0061 0076 0065 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47678080672408481792427167887180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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