Meunim

A group of temple servants who returned from exile.

A written article for Meunim is still to come. Below and alongside: where Meunim appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

Original word

  • מְעוּנִי mehunim, mehunims, meunim
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Where Meunim appears in Scripture

1 Chronicles 4

וַיָּבֹאוּ אֵלֶּה הַכְּתוּבִים בְּשֵׁמוֹת בִּימֵי׀ יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ-יְהוּדָה וַיַּכּוּ אֶת-אָֽהֳלֵיהֶם וְאֶת-‫(המעינים)‬ הַמְּעוּנִים אֲשֶׁר נִמְצְאוּ-שָׁמָּה וַיַּֽחֲרִימֻם עַד-הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ תַּחְתֵּיהֶם כִּֽי-מִרְעֶה לְצֹאנָם שָֽׁם׃
41
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.

2 Chronicles 26

וַיַּעְזְרֵהוּ הָֽאֱלֹהִים עַל-פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְעַל-‫(הערביים)‬ הָֽעַרְבִים הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים בְּגוּר-בָּעַל וְהַמְּעוּנִֽים׃
7
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.

Ezra 2

בְּנֵֽי-אַסְנָה בְנֵי-‫(מעינים)‬ מְעוּנִים בְּנֵי ‫(נפיסים)‬ מְעוּנִים׃
50
The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,

Nehemiah 7

בְּנֵֽי-בֵסַי בְּנֵֽי-מְעוּנִים בְּנֵי ‫(נפושסים)‬ נְפִֽישְׁסִֽים׃
52
The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,