Meuni מְעוּנִים
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| מְעוּנִים | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meuni |
| Strong's number | H4586 (H4586G, H4586H) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Meunite |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | 1 Chronicles (1) |
Meuni (Hebrew מְעוּנִים, Strong's H4586) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Meunite”. It occurs 4 times.
Definition
H4586G: Meunite
People descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.41
Also named: am.mo.ni (עַמּוֹנִי "Meunite" H5984)
§ Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
1) a people who lived south of Canaan
2) a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1
Also named: am.mo.ni (עַמּוֹנִי "Meunite" H5984)
§ Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
1) a people who lived south of Canaan
2) a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1
H4586H: Meunim
People descended from Mehun(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50
§ Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
1) a people who lived south of Canaan
2) a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1
§ Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
1) a people who lived south of Canaan
2) a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mehunims (1), mehunim (1), meunim (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | meunim (2), against the meunites (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meuni, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 26:7And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–baal, and the Mehunims.God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
Ezra
- Ezra 2:50The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:52The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).