H5279 - נַעֲמָה (Naʻămâh)

H5279 נַעֲמָה (Naʻămâh) nah-am-aw'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Naamah Woman living at the time of United Monarchy

A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.21; only referred to as Naamah (נַעֲמָה); wife of Solomon; mother of Rehoboam.

Naamah Woman living at the time before the Flood

A woman living at the time before the Flood, only mentioned at Gen.4.22; only referred to as Naamah (נַעֲמָה); daughter of Lamech and Zillah; a sister of Jabal, Jubal, Tubal-cain; According to some traditions, wife of Noah and mother of Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Naamah Naamah

A location only mentioned at Jos.15.41; only referred to as Naamah (נַעֲמָה).

Strong's Definition

Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine

Derivation: feminine of H5277 (נַעַם); pleasantness;

KJV Usage: Naamah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Naamah = "loveliness"

n pr f

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

n pr f loc

3) a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נַעֲמָה na‛ămâh BDB Definition: Naamah = loveliness 1) daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood (noun proper feminine) 2) the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah (noun proper feminine) 3) a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia (noun proper feminine locative) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5277 Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

4:22

15:41

14:21 14:31

12:13

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah...... gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain [was] Naamah.

Joshua 15:41

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah— sixteen... cities, along with their villages.

1 Kings 14:21

Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. [He] was forty-one... years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen... years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name.... His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.

1 Kings 14:31

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with [them] in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 12:13

Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. [He was] forty-one... years old... when he became king, and he reigned seventeen... years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name.... His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.