Naʻămâh — H5279

Definition

feminine locative proper noun

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

1. Naamah = "loveliness"
2. n pr f
3. daughter of Lamech by his wife Zillah and sister of Tubal-cain in the days before the flood
4. the Ammonite wife of Solomon and mother of king Rehoboam of Judah
5. n pr f loc
6. a town in the lowlands of Judah in Philistia

Usually translated as

Naamah

Origin

feminine of H5277; pleasantness

• Naʻam (H5277)

Occurrences

Naʻămâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Joshua (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 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 (נַֽעֲמָֽה).
• Joshua 15:41 — And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah (וְנַעֲמָ֖ה), 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 (נַעֲמָ֖ה) 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 (נַעֲמָ֖ה) 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 (נַעֲמָ֖ה) an Ammonitess.