Shunem שׁוּנֵם
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| שׁוּנֵם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shunem |
| Strong's number | H7766 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | Shunem |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Joshua (1) |
Shunem (Hebrew שׁוּנֵם, Strong's H7766) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Shunem”. It occurs 3 times.
Definition
§ Shunem = "double resting place"
a city in Issachar, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Mount Tabor
a city in Issachar, located 5 miles (8 km) south of Mount Tabor
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shunem (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | shunem (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Shunem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Joshua
- Joshua 19:18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).