HebrewH1476Proper Noun (Masculine)
גּוּנִי
gu.ni
“Guni”
4Occurrences
H1476Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Guni, the name of two Israelites
probably from H1598 (גָּנַן); protected;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Naphtali living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Naphtali (H5321); brother of: Jahzeel (H3183), Jezer (H3337) and Shillem (H8006) Also named: gu.ni (*גּוּנִי *"Gunite" H1477) § Guni = "my defender (?)" 1) a son of Naphtali and founder of the family of Gunites 2) a descendant of Gad
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
גּוּנִי appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
2
Genesis
1
Numbers
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 5:15BSB
Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
1 Chronicles 7:13BSB
The sons of Naphtali:Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.
Genesis 46:24BSB
The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
Numbers 26:48BSB
These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans:The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel,the Gunite clan from Guni,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.