Biblica Analytica
H4462 Hebrew

מְמוּכָן

me.mu.khan

Memucan

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Memucan
Transliteration
me.mu.khan
Strong's Number
H4462
Occurrences
3
Semantic Domain
Proper Name: Person

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Memucan: A Minor Biblical Figure Memucan appears in the Hebrew Bible only three times, identifying him as a marginal character in the biblical narrative. The name is a proper noun—a personal designation rather than a common word with semantic range or theological significance. His extremely limited occurrence (just three mentions) means the biblical text provides minimal information about who he was or what he did. Without additional lexical data such as etymological origin, contextual usage patterns, or narrative roles, only the bare fact of his existence in the biblical record can be confirmed. The three occurrences are his only biblical attestation, suggesting he played a brief, supporting role in whatever narrative includes him. A general reader encountering "Memucan" in scripture would find little basis from frequency alone to understand his importance to the overall biblical story. To understand Memucan's actual significance, one would need to examine the specific biblical passages where he appears—information not contained in the lexical data provided here.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H4462
Lemma
מְמוּכָן
Transliteration
me.mu.khan
Definition
Memucan
Occurrences
3
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

3 total occurrences across the text