Certain
פַּלְמוֹנִיStrong’s H6423palmoni (pal-mo-ni)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Palmoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “certain one”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.”
Meaning
- A certain one
How it's translated
- a certain one 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 21:2And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
- 2 Kings 6:8Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
Hebrew dictionary
פַּלְמוֹנִי palmoni · certain
a certain one Another spelling of pe.lo.ni (פְּלֹנִי "someone" H6423)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “certain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CERTAIN, adjective
- Sure; true; undoubted; unquestionable; that cannot be denied; existing in fact and truth.“The dream is certain and the interpretation sure” Daniel 2:45
- Assured in mind; having no doubts; followed by of, before a noun.
- Unfailing; always producing the intended effect; as, we may have a certain remedy for a disease.
- Not doubtful or casual; really existing.
All definitions
- Stated; fixed; determinate; regular.“Ye shall gather a certain rate every day” Exodus 16:4
- Particular.“There came a certain poor widow” Mark 12:42
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.