| | Lexicon Miqneyahu: "possession of Yah," a Levitical musicianOriginal Word: מִקְנֵיָ֫הוּPart of Speech: Proper Name MasculineTransliteration: MiqneyahuPhonetic Spelling: (mik-nay-yaw'-hoo)Short Definition: Mikneiah NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origin from miqneh  and YahDefinition "possession of Yah," a Levitical musicianNASB Translation Mikneiah (2). 
Brown-Driver-Briggsמִקְנֵיָ֫הוּ  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). 
 
 
 
Strong's Mikneiah  From miqneh and Yahh; possession of Jah; Miknejah, an Israelite -- Mikneiah.  see HEBREW miqneh  see HEBREW Yahh  | 
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