מְעוּנִיMᵉʻûwnîy

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

Pronunciation: meh-oo-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4586

Meanings

מְעוּנִים: proper name [of a people]: Me`unim, Me`unites, a people South (SE?) of Canaan (2 Chronicles 26:7; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 20:1; Ezra 2:50; Nehemiah 7:52)

מעינים: see מְעוּנִים (1 Chronicles 4:41)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:41 But during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these leaders of Simeon invaded the region and completely destroyed the homes of the descendants of Ham and of the Meunites. No trace of them remains today. They killed everyone who lived there and took the land for themselves, because they wanted its good pastureland for their flocks.
  • 2 Chronicles 26:7 God helped him in his wars against the Philistines, his battles with the Arabs of Gur, and his wars with the Meunites.
  • Ezra 2:50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
  • Nehemiah 7:52 Besai, Meunim, Nephusim,

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).