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HebrewH5283Proper Noun (Masculine)

נַעֲמָן

na.a.man

14Occurrences
H5283Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene

the same as H5282 (נַעֲמָן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Benjamin (H1144); brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Nohah at ; Also named: no.chah (*נוֹחָה *"Nohah" H5119) § Naaman = "pleasantness" 1) son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to ) commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נַעֲמָן appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
10
1 Chronicles
2
Genesis
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:4BSB

Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

2 Kings 5:1BSB

Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

2 Kings 5:6BSB

And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

2 Kings 5:11BSB

But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.

2 Kings 5:20BSB

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.