Strong H4586H4586Hמְעוּנִים
Meunim
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 Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
People descended from Mehun(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50
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
Meunim
A group of temple servants who returned from exile.
The Meunim were a group of temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile (Ezr.2.50; Neh.7.52).
In the Bible
Strong H4586H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mehunim1
- meunim1
First verses
- Ezra 2:50The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
- Nehemiah 7:52The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,