Word Study · Strong's H7767 · Hebrew
שׁוּנַמִּית
Shunammith
shoo-nam-meeth'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shûwnammîyth
“a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Shunammitess, or female inhabitant of Shunem
Rendered in the KJV as
Shunamite.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית2
- הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֖ית1
- הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֥ית1
- הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑ית1
- הַשֻּׁנַמִּית֙1
- הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֣ית1
- לַשּׁוּנַמִּ֣ית1
How it is rendered · 4
- the Shunammite5
- [is] the Shunammite [woman]1
- the Shunammite [woman]1
- to the Shunammite [woman]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)5
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ngfsa · 5
- HTd/Ngfsc · 2
- HRd/Ngfsc · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:3הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔יתhashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.here: the Shunammite
- 1 Kings 1:15הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔יתhashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.here: the Shunammite
- 1 Kings 2:17הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֖יתhashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”here: the Shunammite
- 1 Kings 2:21הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑יתhashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”here: the Shunammite
- 1 Kings 2:22הַשֻּׁנַמִּית֙hashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”here: the Shunammite
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 4:12לַשּׁוּנַמִּ֣יתlashunamitpreposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,here: to the Shunammite [woman]
- 2 Kings 4:25הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֥יתhashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.here: [is] the Shunammite [woman]
- 2 Kings 4:36הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֣יתhashunamitthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”here: the Shunammite [woman]