Manger - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Manger
[ 1,,G5336, phatne ]a manger," Luke 2:7, Luke 2:12, Luke 2:16, also denotes "a stall," Luke 13:15. So in the Sept., the word denoted not only a "manger" but, by metonymy, the stall or crib (Proverbs 14:4) containing the "manger."