Mᵉʻûwnîy — H4586

Definition

masculine proper noun

a Meunite, or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural)

1. Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
2. a people who lived south of Canaan
3. a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1

Usually translated as

Mehunim, Mehunims, Meunim

Origin

or Mᵉʻîynîy; probably patrial from H4584

• Derived from Mâʻôwn (H4584)

Occurrences

Mᵉʻûwnîy occurs 3 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Chronicles 26:7 — And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims (וְהַמְּעוּנִֽים).
• Ezra 2:50 — The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim (מְעוּנִ֖ים), the children of Nephusim,
• Nehemiah 7:52 — The children of Besai, the children of Meunim (מְעוּנִ֖ים), the children of Nephishesim,