Mijamin

(from the right hand).

1. The chief of the sixth of the twenty-four courses of priests established by David. (1 Chronicles 24:9)

2. A family of priests who signed the covenant with Nehemiah; probably the descendants of the preceding. (Nehemiah 10:7)

mij'-a-min (miyamin; the King James Version Miamin):

(1) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:25). He is also called Maelus (1 Esdras 9:26).

(2) The one to whom fell the lot for the 6th priestly course (1Ch 24:9). His family returned with Zerubbabel and Joshua (Ne 12:5).

(3) A signatory of the Covenant (Ne 10:7).