Naomi: meaning of the name

Naomi in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Naomi in the Bible

• Naomi

  20 verses · first mentioned in Ruth 1:2

Naomi in Scripture

“Naomi” appears in 20 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Ruth 1:2

  And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

• Ruth 1:3

  And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

• Ruth 1:8

  And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

• Ruth 1:11

  And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

• Ruth 1:19

  So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

• Ruth 1:20

  And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

• Ruth 1:21

  I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

• Ruth 1:22

  So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.