Strong H4586H4586Gמְעוּנִים
Meunite
One of the 2 senses of Strong H4586
- Transliteration
- me‛ûnîy me‛îynîy
- Pronunciation
- {meh-oo-nee'} meh-ee-nee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
People descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.41
Also named: am.mo.ni (עַמּוֹנִי "Meunite" H5984)
Also named: am.mo.ni (עַמּוֹנִי "Meunite" H5984)
Meaning of the name
Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
General definition
Probably patrial from H4584; a {Meunite} or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural): - Mehunim ({-s}) Meunim.
In the biblical story
Meunites
A people group who were enemies of Israel.
The Meunites were a people group who lived near Israel and were enemies of God's people (1Ch.4.41; 2Ch.26.7; 20.1).
In the Bible
Strong H4586G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mehunims1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 26:7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Mehunims.