H5279: נַעֲמָה
Naʻămâh · pronounced nah-am-aw' · “Naamah”
Definition
Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Naamah.
Word origin: feminine of H5277 (נַעַם); pleasantness;
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5279 is translated
- was naamah ×3
- naamah ×2
Bible verses with H5279 (Naʻămâh)
Naʻămâh appears in 5 verses.
- Genesis 4:22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal–cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal–cain was Naamah.
- Joshua 15:41
And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
- 1 Kings 14:21
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
- 1 Kings 14:31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Chronicles 12:13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.