HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4508
מִנִּי
min.ni — Minni
§ Minni = "division" a region in Armenia
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Minni
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4511
מִנִּית
min.nit — Minnith
§ Minnith = "distribution" a place east of the Jordan in Ammonite territory
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Only in Jer. 51:27, as the name of a province in Armenia, which was at this time under the Median kings. Armenia is regarded by some as = Har-minni i.e., the mountainous country of Minni. (See ARMENIA.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.