HebrewH5126Proper Noun (Masculine)

נוּן

nun

30Occurrences
H5126Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nun or Non, the father of Joshua

or נוֹן; (1 Chronicles 7:27), from H5125 (נוּן); perpetuity,

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Elishama (H0476); father of: Joshua (H3091) § Nun = "fish" or "posterity" father of Joshua the successor of Moses

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נוּן appears 30 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
11
Joshua
10
Deuteronomy
4
1 Chronicles
1
1 Kings
1
Exodus
1
Judges
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:27BSB

Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

Exodus 33:11BSB

Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

Joshua 19:51BSB

These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

Nehemiah 8:17BSB

The whole assembly who had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.

Numbers 14:38BSB

Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

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