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HebrewH4509Proper Noun (Masculine)

מִנְיָמִין

min.ya.min

3Occurrences
H4509Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Minjamin, the name of two Israelites

from H4480 (מִן) and H3225 (יָמִין); from (the) right hand;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at § Miniamin = "from the right hand" 1) a Levite in the time of Hezekiah 2) a priest who was present at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

מִנְיָמִין appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
2
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 31:15BSB

Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.

Nehemiah 12:17BSB

of Abijah, Zichri;of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;

Nehemiah 12:41BSB

as well as the priests with their trumpets—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—

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