Strong’s H4586 · Hebrew

מְעוּנִי
Mᵉʻûwnîy
meh-oo-nee'

Definition

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

Etymology

or מְעִינִי; probably patrial from H4584 (מָעוֹן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Mehunim(-s)
  • Meunim

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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