Word Study · Strong's H5284 · Hebrew
נַעֲמָתִי
Naamathi
nah-am-aw-thee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Naʻămâthîy
“a Naamathite, or inhabitant of Naamah”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Naamathite, or inhabitant of Naamah
Rendered in the KJV as
Naamathite.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֑י1
- הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗י1
- הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗י1
- הַנַּ֣עֲמָתִ֔י1
How it is rendered · 1
- the Naamathite4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)4
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 4
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Job4 occurrences
- Job 2:11הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֑יhanaamatithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.here: the Naamathite
- Job 11:1הַֽנַּעֲמָתִ֗יhanaamatithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:here: the Naamathite
- Job 20:1הַנַּֽעֲמָתִ֗יhanaamatithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:here: the Naamathite
- Job 42:9הַנַּ֣עֲמָתִ֔יhanaamatithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s request.here: the Naamathite