King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4737
Transliteration: Miqneyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-nay-yaw'-hoo)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "possession of Yah", a Levitical musician
Meaning: Mikneiah -- "possession of Yah", a Levitical musician
Word Summary
Miqneyahu: "possession of Yah", a Levitical musician
Original Word: מִקְנֵיָהוּTransliteration: Miqneyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (mik-nay-yaw'-hoo)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "possession of Yah", a Levitical musician
Meaning: Mikneiah -- "possession of Yah", a Levitical musician
Strong's Concordance
Mikneiah From miqneh and Yahh; possession of Jah; Miknejah, an Israelite -- Mikneiah.
see HEBREW miqneh
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4737. Miqneyahu
מִקְנֵיָ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (possession of ׳י); — Levitical musician 1 Chronicles 15:18, 21, Μακ(κ)ελλ(ει)α, Μακενια(ς), Μακκανια(ς).
II. קנה (√ of following; compare Assyrian ‡anû, reed; Arabic spear-shaft; Ethiopic : goad; Late Hebrew קָנֶה, Aramaic קַנְיָא, , all = Biblical Hebrew. Hence Greek κάννα, κάνης also κάνεον basket (LewyFremdw. 99), Latin canna).