Isaiah 65:11 , marg. (A.V., "that number;" RSV, "destiny"), probably an idol which the captive Israelites worshipped after the example of the Babylonians. It may have been a symbol of destiny. LXX., tuche.
(fate, fortune ). ( Isaiah 65:11 ) This word is a proper name, and is also the proper name of an object of idolatrous worship cultivated by the Jews in Babylon. [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
MENI
me'-ni:
Destiny, a god of Good Luck, possibly the Pleiades (Isaiah 65:11 margin).
See ASTROLOGY, 10; GAD.
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