Bible Dictionary

Miamin

The name Miamin means “the right hand”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

=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).

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(from the right hand).
  1. A layman of Israel who had married a foreign wife and put her away at the bidding of Ezra. (Ezra 10:25)
  2. A priest or family of priests who went up from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Nehemiah 12:5)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

mi'-a-min.

See MIJAMIN; MINIAMIN.