This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
feminine of H5277; pleasantness; Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Naamah.
Traditional renderings: Naamah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- Genesis 4:22נַֽעֲמָֽה׃ · [was] NaamahAnd Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
- Joshua 15:41וְנַעֲמָ֖ה · NaamahGederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—sixteen cities, along with their villages.
- 1 Kings 14:21נַעֲמָ֖ה · was NaamahMeanwhile, 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 14:31נַעֲמָ֖ה · was NaamahAnd 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 12:13נַעֲמָ֖ה · was NaamahThus 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.