Naamah
נַעֲמָהStrong’s H5279naamah (na-a-mah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naamah is the Hebrew word usually translated “naamah”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.”
Meaning
- Daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood
- The Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah
- § Naamah = "loveliness"
- A woman living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.22
How it's translated
- naamah 4
- and naamah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- Genesis 1
- Joshua 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 15:41And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
- 1 Kings 14:21And 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 14:31And 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 12:13So 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.
Hebrew dictionary
נַעֲמָה naamah · Naamah
A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.21; married to Solomon (H8010); 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
נַעֲמָה naamah · Naamah
§ Naamah = "loveliness" a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia
נַעֲמָה naamah · Naamah
A woman living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.22; daughter of: Lamech (H3929) and Zillah (H6741); sister of: Jabal (H2989), Jubal (H3106), Tubal-cain (H8423) § Naamah = "loveliness" a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia
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.