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Meonenim
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
(Judg. 9:37; A.V., “the plain of Meonenim;” R.V., “the oak of Meonenim”) means properly “soothsayers” or “sorcerers,” “wizards” (Deut. 18:10, 14; 2 Kings 21:6; Micah 5:12). This may be the oak at Shechem under which Abram pitched his tent (see SHECHEM), the “enchanter’s oak,” so called, perhaps, from Jacob’s hiding the “strange gods” under it (Gen. 35:4).
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(enchanters), The plain of, an oak or terebinth. or other great tree. (Judges 9:37) The meaning of Meonenim if interpreted as a Hebrew word, is enchanters or “observers of times,” as it is elsewhere rendered (18:10,14) in (Micah 5:12) it is soothsayers.
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
charmers, regarders of times
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
MEON'ENIM, THE PLAIN OF (oak of soothsayers), an oak or terebinth, Jud 9:37; comp. Deut 18:10, 2 Kgs 22:14; Mic 5:12, "soothsayers." The meaning of the name seems to connect it with some old diviners, probably of the pagan inhabitants. Conder suggests its identity with the plain of Mukhiah.