A FEEDING TROUGH, and by extension the stall it stands in. Four occurrences in the New Testament, all in Luke: 2:7, 2:12, 2:16 — and 13:15, where it is what an ox is untied FROM on the sabbath. ⚠ That fourth one places it in the ordinary domestic world: a village house had a lower area where animals were brought in at night, with mangers between it and the family room. English 'manger' is the French manger, to eat, and has drifted to mean the whole nativity scene, so it can be printed without anyone picturing a trough. Spanish 'pesebre' has not drifted. → first discussed at Luke 2:7