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(Heb. Miyamin', îַéָּîַ , ִ a contracted form of the name Miniamin), the name of three persons after the exile.
1. (Sept. Ìåúáìåßí v.r. Ìåúáìßí , Vulg. Maiman, Auth. Vers. “Mijamin.”) The head of the sixth division of the sacerdotal order as distributed by David (1Ch_24:9). B.C. 1014.
2. (Sept. Ìåáìåßí v.r. Ìéáìßí ,Vulg. viamiin.) One of the chief priests who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Neh_12:5). B.C. 536. He must have attained a great, age if identical with the priest who subscribed the religious covenant with Nehemiah (Neh_10:7, where the name is Anglicized “Mijamin”). B.C. cir. 410. . He is probably the same person called MINIAMIN in Neh_12:17, but his son's name appears there to have accidentally escaped from the text. SEE MOADIAH.
3. (Sept. Ìåáìßí v.r. Ìåáìßì ,Vulg. Miamin.) One of the Israelites, a “son” (i.e., inhabitant) of Parosh, who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezr_10:25). B.C. 459.