Carmelite
כַּרְמְלִיStrong’s H3761karmeli (kar-me-li)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Karmeli is the Hebrew word usually translated “carmelite”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.”
Meaning
- Carmelite, of Carmel "garden-land"
How it's translated
- the carmelite 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 3
- 1 Samuel 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 30:5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
- 2 Samuel 2:2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.
- 2 Samuel 3:3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
- 2 Samuel 23:35Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
- 1 Chronicles 3:1Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
- 1 Chronicles 11:37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
Hebrew dictionary
כַּרְמְלִי karmeli · Carmelite
Carmelite, of Carmel "garden-land" an inhabitant of Carmel Another spelling of kar.mel (כַּרְמֶל "Carmel" H3760)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.