hashmannim Summary and Overview
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hashmannim in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Hebrew for "princes shall come out of Egypt" (Psalm 68:31); rich nobles, whence the Maccabees took their name Asmonaeans. The Egyptian civil name of Hermopolis Magna was Hashmen. The idol of wisdom, Hermes, Thoth, gave his name to the city; thus the derived term Hashmannim means "wisest Egyptian princes." These as well as distant Ethiopians shall turn to the true God.