3 entries 3 sources
Mehunim
Open directlySmith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(habitations). (Ezra 2:50) Elsewhere called Mehunims and Meunim.
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
MEHU'NIM (habitations), a family among the non-Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:50; probably the same as the Mehunims, Ezr 2: Chr. 26:7, against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war, and who are also mentioned in 1 Chr 4:41 as a Hamitic tribe settled from of old in Palestine, and oppressing the Israelites. See Maonites.
Scripture references
- Ezra 2:50
- Ezra 2
- 1 Chronicles 4:41
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
MEHU'NIM (habitations), a family among the non-Israelites who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel, Ezr 2:50; probably the same as the Mehunims, Ezr 2: Chr. 26:7, against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war, and who are also mentioned in 1 Chr 4:41 as a Hamitic tribe settled from of old in Palestine, and oppressing the Israelites. See Maonites.
Scripture references
- Ezra 2:50
- Ezra.2
- 1 Chronicles 4:41