HebrewH5279Proper Noun (Feminine)

נַעֲמָה

na.a.mah

5Occurrences
H5279Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine

feminine of H5277 (נַעַם); pleasantness;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; married to Solomon (H8010); mother of: Rehoboam (H7346) § Naamah = "loveliness" 1) daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood 2) the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

נַעֲמָה appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
2
2 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:21BSB

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Kings 14:31BSB

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 12:13BSB

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

Genesis 4:22BSB

And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Joshua 15:41BSB

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.

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