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Araunah — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֲרַוְנָה

אֲרַוְנָה

ʼĂravnâh · pronounced ar-av-naw' · Strong's H728 · a man

Araunah means Aravnah (or Arnijah or Ornah), a Jebusite.

Built from

אׇרְנָן ʼOrnân (orthographical variation for, H771) — strong open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or (by transposition) אוֹרְנָה; or אַרְנִיָּהlemma אַנִיָּה missing resh, corrected to אַרְנִיָּה; all by orthographical variation for H771; Aravnah (or Arnijah or Ornah), a Jebusite.

First appearance

2Sam 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. (KJV)

Every verse that names Araunah

7 occurrences in 7 verses — 2 Samuel

2Sam 24:162Sam 24:182Sam 24:202Sam 24:212Sam 24:222Sam 24:232Sam 24:24

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