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• מִנְיָמִין

(Heb. Minyamin', מַנְיָמַין , fr from the right hand, or perhaps corrupted from Benjamin), the name of two men. (See MIAMIN).

1. (Sept. Βενιαμείν v.r. Βενιαμίν, Vulg. Benjamin.) One of the Levites (or priests) who had charge of the distribution of the sacred offerings among the families of the sacerdotal order under Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 31:15). B.C. 726.

2. (Sept. Μιαμίν ,.Vulg. Mimamin.) One of the priests that returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Nehemiah 12:17), and celebrated with trumpets the completion of the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:41); probably the same elsewhere called MIAMIN (Nehemiah 12:5) or MIJAMIN (Nehemiah 10:7).