HebrewH5171Proper Noun (Masculine)

נַחֲרַי

na.cha.ray

2Occurrences
H5171Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nacharai or Nachrai, an Israelite

or נַחְרַי; from the same as H5170 (נַחַר); snorer;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at § Naharai = "snorter" one of David's mighty warriors and the armour bearer of Joab

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נַחֲרַי appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:39BSB

Zelek the Ammonite,Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

2 Samuel 23:37BSB

Zelek the Ammonite,Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

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