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Lexicon :: Strong's H4586 - mᵊʿyny

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מְעיני
Transliteration
mᵊʿyny
Pronunciation
meh-oo-nee'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably patrial from מָעוֹן (H4584)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מעיני (Strongs) מעונים (Gesenius) מעוני (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מְעוּנִי Mᵉʻûwnîy, meh-oo-nee'; or מְעִינִי Mᵉʻîynîy; probably patrial from H4584; a Meunite, or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural):—Mehunim(-s), Meunim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H4586 in the following manner: Mehunim (2x), Meunim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H4586 in the following manner: Mehunim (2x), Meunim (1x).

  1. Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"

    1. a people who lived south of Canaan

    2. a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְעוּנִי Mᵉʻûwnîy, meh-oo-nee'; or מְעִינִי Mᵉʻîynîy; probably patrial from H4584; a Meunite, or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural):—Mehunim(-s), Meunim.
STRONGS H4586: Abbreviations
† מְעוּנִים proper name, of a people Me`unim, Me`unites (usually connected with מָעוֺן, (see עון), but dubious, compare BuhlEdom. 41 f.); — a people South (SE ?) of Canaan (compare Buhll.c.); — הַמּ׳ 2 Chronicles 26:7 and 1 Chronicles 4:41 Qr (Kt המעינים, Greek Version of the LXXB τοὺς Μιναίους, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) τ. Κιναίους; read also מֵהַמְּעוּנִים 2 Chronicles 20:1 (for MT מֵהָעַמּוֺנִים), so Greek Version of the LXXB A (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αμμανιειμ), Ew Be Ke Ot Kau Kit; בְּנֵימְֿעוּנִים (among Nethinim who went back with Zerubbabel) Ezra 2:50 = Nehemiah 7:52 are perhaps descendants of those named above (2 Chronicles 26:7). Greek Version of the LXX οἱ Μιναῖοι, but against מ׳ = Mineans (GlaserSkizze ii. 450 f. and others) see SprengerZMG xliv (1890), 505.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

4:41

2 Chronicles

20:1; 26:7; 26:7

Ezra

2:50

Nehemiah

7:52

H4586

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4586 matches the Hebrew מְעיני (mᵊʿyny),
which occurs 6 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed[fn] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:7 - God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:50

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:50 -
Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:52

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:52 -
Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,
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