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Naamah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(pleasing). (1) Sister of Tubal-cain (Gen. 4:22²²And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. (Genesis 4:22)). (2) A wife of Solomon and mother of King Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21²¹And 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 an Ammonitess. (1 Kings 14:21); 2 Chron. 12:13¹³So 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 an Ammonitess. (2 Chronicles 12:13)). (3) Town in Judah (Josh. 15:41⁴¹And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: (Joshua 15:41)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Daughter of Lamech, a descendant of Cain (Gen. 4:22²²And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. (Genesis 4:22)).

2. An Ammonitess, wife of Solomon and mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21,31²¹And 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 an Ammonitess. (1 Kings 14:21)
³¹And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. (1 Kings 14:31); 2 Chron. 12:13¹³So 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 an Ammonitess. (2 Chronicles 12:13)).

3. City in the lowlands of Judah (Josh. 15:41⁴¹And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: (Joshua 15:41)). Identified with Naaneh, 31° 52' N, 34° 52' E.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5279 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Na`amah

Phonic:

nah-am-aw’

Meaning:

feminine of 5277; pleasantness; Naamah, the name of an antediluvian woman, of an Ammonitess, and of a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Naamah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

pleasantness

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Pleasant; agreeable; pleasing:―name of two women and of a place in Palestine, Gen. 4:22. {Iucunda}