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Meunite

מְעוּנִיםStrong’s H4586

meuni (me-u-ni)

Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Meuni is the Hebrew word usually translated “meunim” and “meunites”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

“And 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.”
1 Chronicles 4:41 KJV
Meaning
  1. A people who lived south of Canaan
  2. A group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1
  3. A people who lived south of Canaan
  4. A group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1
How it's translated
  • meunim 2
  • the meunites 1
  • and the meunites 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 1
  • 2 Chronicles 1
  • Ezra 1
  • Nehemiah 1

4 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מְעוּנִים meuni · 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

מְעוּנִים meuni · 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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.