Bible Person
Meaning: right hand · Male · 3 cross references
Miniamin is a priestly returnee name preserved in Nehemiah, also represented in related forms such as Mijamin. He belongs to the restored priestly courses that re-establish worship after the exile. First appears in Neh 10:7.1
AI summary: Miniamin matters because the cross references show his name carried through covenant and priestly lists in the restored community. The slight variation in form reflects the ordinary realities of textual and genealogical transmission while still preserving a recognizable priestly line. Taken together, the material presents Miniamin as a post-exilic priestly figure within the ordered recovery of temple life.1
Central Figure
Miniamin
Meaning: right hand
A chief priest who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh.
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.