Lexicon :: Strong's H4586 - mᵊʿyny

מְעיני
Transliteration
mᵊʿyny
Pronunciation
meh-oo-nee'
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, B τοὺς Μιναίους, τ. Κιναίους; read also מֵהַמְּעוּנִים 2 Chronicles 20:1 (for MT מֵהָעַמּוֺנִים), so B A ( 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). 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