BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4326
miy.ya.min — Mijamin
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.9 § Miamin or Mijamin = "from the right hand" 1) chief of the 6th course of priests established by David 2) a priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 3) a priest who went up with Zerubbabel 4) a priest who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →=Mijamin, from the right hand. (1.) The head of one of the divisions of the priests (1 Chr. 24:9). (2.) A chief priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh. 12:5), called Mijamin (10:7) and Miniamin (12:17).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
