Unni

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Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]

  • A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel from the Captivity ( Nehemiah 12:9 ).

    Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

    Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Unni'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/u/unni.html. 1897.

  • Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]

    Un'ni. (Depressed).

    1. One of the Levite doorkeepers, in the time of David.  1 Chronicles 15:18;  1 Chronicles 15:20. (B.C. 1043).

    2. A second Levite, (unless the family of the foregoing be intended), concerned in the sacred office, after the return from Babylon.  Nehemiah 12:9. (B.C. 535).

    Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]

    1. A Levite doorkeeper; played the psaltery on (See Alamoth in the Zion tabernacle erected by David ( 1 Chronicles 15:18;  1 Chronicles 15:20).

    2. A Levite who returned with Zerubbabel ( Nehemiah 12:9).

    Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]

    1. Levite musician and door-keeper when David brought up the ark.  1 Chronicles 15:18,20 .

    2. Levite who returned from exile.   Nehemiah 12:9 .

    Holman Bible Dictionary [5]

     1 Chronicles 15:20 2 Nehemiah 12:9

    Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [6]

    UNNI . 1. A Levitical family (  1 Chronicles 15:18 ). 2. See Unno.

    Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]

    (Heb. Unni'j עַנּי [but text in Nehemiah Unn, עֻנּוֹ ], according to Gesen. for מְעֻנֶּה[depressed], but according to Fü rst for עֻנַּיָּה [Unniash, Heard Of Jehovah]; Sept. variously, ᾿Ωνί v.r.'Ἀνί, Ι᾿αννί, etc.; Vulg. Ani, Ianni ), the name of two Levites.

    1. One of the relatives of Heman who were appointed door-keepers anuld musicians to the tabernacle by David ( 1 Chronicles 15:18;  1 Chronicles 15:20). B.C. 1043.

    2. One of those appointed to a similar service on the return from Babylon ( Nehemiah 12:9). B.C. 535.

    International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [8]

    un´ı̄ ( ענּי , ‛unnı̄ , meaning unknown): (1) One of "the twelve brethren" (so Curtis for the Revised Version (British and American) "brethren of the second degree") appointed as singers (  1 Chronicles 15:18 ,  1 Chronicles 15:20 ).

    (2) In  Nehemiah 12:9 ( Kethı̄bh ענּו , ‛unnō ) = the Revised Version (British and American) Unno (which see).

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