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HebrewH4586Noun

מְעוּנִים

me.u.ni

4Occurrences
H4586Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a Meunite, or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural)

or מְעִינִי; probably patrial from H4584 (מָעוֹן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
People descended from Meunit(?) of the Canaanites, first mentioned at 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--LG

Full Description

N:N--LG

Occurrences

מְעוּנִים appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:41BSB

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 26:7BSB

God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.

Ezra 2:50BSB

the descendants of Asnah,the descendants of Meunim,the descendants of Nephusim,

Nehemiah 7:52BSB

the descendants of Besai,the descendants of Meunim,the descendants of Nephushesim,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.