Lexical Definition

‎נַעֲמָן‎ Naʻămân (nah-am-awn') Naaman ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎נַעֲמָן‎

Naaman.

• § Naaman = "pleasantness"
• Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene

1) son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt
2) commander-in-chief of the army of Syria; stricken with leprosy he went to Elisha, eventually followed his instructions, and was cured

See Greek: Νεεμάν

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎נַעֲמָן‎₁₆

proper name, masculine 1. son of Benjamin Gen 46:21, ᵐ5 Νοεμ(μ)αν; = grandson of Benjamin Num 26:40 (twice in verse), ᵐ5 Νοεμα(νει), 1Chr 8:4; 1Chr 8:7 (so ᵐ5 Gen 46:21), ᵐ5 in Chronicles Νοομα, ᵐ5^L Ναμει, Νααμαν.

2. Aramaean general 2Kgs 5:1; 2Kgs 5:2; 2Kgs 5:6 + 8 t. 2Kgs 5 ᵐ5 Ναιμαν, ᵐ5^L Νεεμαν.

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