מִיָּמִןMîyâmin

Mijamin, the name of three Israelites

Pronunciation: me-yaw-meem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4326

Meanings

1. priestly name

a. assigned to David's time (1 Chronicles 24:9)

b. Nehemiah's time (Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 12:17; Nehemiah 12:41)

c. assigned to Hezekiah's time (2 Chronicles 31:15)

d. went up with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:5)

2. one of those who took strange wives (Ezra 10:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:9 The fifth lot fell to Malkijah. The sixth lot fell to Mijamin.
  • Ezra 10:25 These are the other people of Israel who were guilty: From the family of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah.
  • Nehemiah 10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
  • Nehemiah 12:5 Miniamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).