(
Judges 9:37 ; A.V., "the plain of Meonenim;" RSV, "the oak of Meonenim") means properly "soothsayers" or "sorcerers," "wizards" (
Deuteronomy 18:10 Deuteronomy 18:14 ;
2 Kings
21:6 ;
Micah 5:12 ). This may be the oak at Shechem under which Abram pitched his tent (see
SHECHEM), the "enchanter's oak," so called, perhaps, from Jacob's hiding the "strange gods" under it (
Genesis 35:4 ).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.