ʻUnnîy — H6042

Definition

masculine proper noun

Unni, the name of two Israelites

1. Unni = "afflicted"
2. a Levite doorkeeper in the time of David
3. a Levite concerned in the sacred office after the return from exile in Babylon

Usually translated as

Unni

Origin

from H6031; afflicted

• Derived from ʻânâh (H6031)

Occurrences

ʻUnnîy occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni (וְעֻנִּ֡י), Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20 — And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni (וְעֻנִּ֣י), and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
• Nehemiah 12:9 — Also Bakbukiah and Unni (וְעֻנִּ֧י), their brethren, were over against them in the watches.