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Meni

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

Isa. 65:11, marg. (A.V., “that number;” R.V., “destiny”), probably an idol which the captive Israelites worshipped after the example of the Babylonians. It may have been a symbol of destiny. LXX., tuche.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(fate, fortune). (Isaiah 65:11) This word is a proper name, and is also the proper name of an object of idolatrous worship cultivated by the Jews in Babylon.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

me'-ni: Destiny, a god of Good Luck, possibly the Pleiades (Isa 65:11 margin).

See ASTROLOGY, 10; GAD.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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