Mehunim
Also called Meunim
Mentioned in 444 BC traditional (Jones)
Habitations, (2 Chr. 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a successful war. This word is in Hebrew the plural of Ma’on, and thus denotes the Maonites who inhabited the country on the eastern side of the Wady el-Arabah.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- Tagged in
- 2 verses
- Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Nephusim, Asnah, and Besai.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
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Mentions
Begat counts Mehunim in 2 tagged verses across 2 books.
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The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Mehunim 0Meunim 2 |
| KJV | Mehunim 1Meunim 1 |
| ASV | Mehunim 0Meunim 4 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 2 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Ezra1 verse
- 2:50
the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephusim,
Nehemiah1 verse
- 7:52
the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephushesim,
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
Habitations, (2 Chr. 26:7; R.V. “Meunim,” Vulg. Ammonitae), a people against whom Uzziah waged a successful war. This word is in Hebrew the plural of Ma’on, and thus denotes the Maonites who inhabited the country on the eastern side of the Wady el-Arabah. They are again mentioned in 1 Chr. 4:41 (R.V.), in the reign of King Hezekiah, as a Hamite people, settled in the eastern end of the valley of Gedor, in the wilderness south of Palestine. In this passage the Authorized Version has “habitation,” erroneously following the translation of Luther.
They are mentioned in the list of those from whom the Nethinim were made up (Ezra 2:50; Neh. 7:52).