Naaman נַעֲמָן

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Naaman
נַעֲמָן
Transliterationnaaman
Strong's numberH5283 (H5283I, H5283H, H5283G, H5283J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossNaaman
Occurrences16 in 14 verses
Most frequent in2 Kings (10)

Naaman (Hebrew נַעֲמָן, Strong's H5283) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Naaman”. It occurs 16 times.

Definition

H5283I: Naaman

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.5.1
Also named: Neeman, Naiman (Νεεμάν, Ναιμάν "Naaman" G3497)
§ Naaman = "pleasantness"
1) son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt
2) commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured

H5283H: Naaman

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.40;
son of: Bela (H1106A);
brother of: Ard (H0714H), Ezbon (H0675H), Uzzi (H5813I), Uzziel (H5816I), Jerimoth (H3406), Iri (H5901), Addar (H0146H), Gera (H1617I), Abihud (H0031), Abishua (H0050H) and Ahoah (H0265); also called Naamite at Num.26.40;
Also named: na.a.mi (נַעֲמִי "Naamite" H5280)
§ Naaman = "pleasantness"
1) son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt
2) commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured

H5283G: Naaman

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.21;
son of: Benjamin (H1144);
brother of: Bela (H1106A), Becher (H1071), Ashbel (H0788), Gera (H1617), Ehi (H0278), Rosh (H7220), Muppim (H4649), Huppim (H2650H), Ard (H0714), Ahiram (H0297) and Jediael (H3043); also called Nohah at 1Ch.8.2;
Also named: no.chah (נוֹחָה "Nohah" H5119)
§ Naaman = "pleasantness"
1) son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt
2) commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured

H5283J: Naaman

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.7;
son of: Ehud (H0164);
brother of: Ahijah (H0281K), Gera (H1617J), Uzza (H5798H) and Ahihud (H0284)
§ Naaman = "pleasantness"
1) son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt
2) commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVnaaman (15), naaman's (1)
BSBnaaman (15), naaman's (1)

Verses

Every verse with Naaman, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Numbers

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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