Minyâmîyn — H4509

Definition

masculine proper noun

Minjamin, the name of two Israelites

1. Miniamin = "from the right hand"
2. a Levite in the time of Hezekiah
3. a priest who was present at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Miniamin

Origin

from H4480 and H3225; from (the) right hand

• Derived from Min (H4480)
• Derived from Yâmîyn (H3225)

Occurrences

Minyâmîyn occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2)

• 2 Chronicles 31:15 — And next him were Eden, and Miniamin (וּ֠מִנְיָמִן), and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
• Nehemiah 12:17 — Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin (לְמִ֨נְיָמִ֔ין), of Moadiah, Piltai;
• Nehemiah 12:41 — And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin (מִ֠נְיָמִין), Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;