Shunem — the meaning of the Hebrew name שׁוּנֵם

שׁוּנֵם

Shûwnêm · pronounced shoo-name' · Strong's H7766 · a place

Shunem means quietly.

Built from

שׁוּנִי Shûwnîy (the same as, H7764) — quiet open in the lexicon ›

probably from the same as H7764; quietly; Shunem, a place in Pal.

Josh 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Joshua, 1 Samuel, 2 Kings

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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