Naamah

Daughter of Lamech and Zillah, sister of Tubal-cain.

A written article for Naamah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Naamah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 4100 BC
    4000 BC
  • Naamah
    c. 4000 BC

Original word

  • נַעֲמָה naamah
    H5279
Relationships
Father: Lamech Son: Ham Son: Japheth Son: Shem Mother: Zillah Husband: Noah Brother: Jabal Brother: Jubal Brother: Tubal-cain Member of: Line of Cain
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Where Naamah appears in Scripture

Genesis 4

וְצִלָּה גַם-הִוא יָֽלְדָה אֶת-תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל-חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל וַֽאֲחוֹת תּֽוּבַל-קַיִן נַֽעֲמָֽה׃
22
And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Joshua 15

וּגְדֵרוֹת בֵּית-דָּגוֹן וְנַֽעֲמָה וּמַקֵּדָה עָרִים שֵׁשׁ-עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
41
And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:

1 Kings 14

וּרְחַבְעָם בֶּן-שְׁלֹמֹה מָלַךְ בִּֽיהוּדָה בֶּן-אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה רְחַבְעָם בְּמָלְכוֹ וּֽשֲׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה׀ מָלַךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר-בָּחַר יְהוָה לָשׂוּם אֶת-שְׁמוֹ שָׁם מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נַֽעֲמָה הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃
21
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
וַיִּשְׁכַּב רְחַבְעָם עִם-אֲבֹתָיו וַיִּקָּבֵר עִם-אֲבֹתָיו בְּעִיר דָּוִד וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נַֽעֲמָה הָֽעַמֹּנִית וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֲבִיָּם בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.

2 Chronicles 12

וַיִּתְחַזֵּק הַמֶּלֶךְ רְחַבְעָם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַם וַיִּמְלֹךְ כִּי בֶן-אַרְבָּעִים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה רְחַבְעָם בְּמָלְכוֹ וּֽשֲׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה׀ מָלַךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַם הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר-בָּחַר יְהוָה לָשׂוּם אֶת-שְׁמוֹ שָׁם מִכֹּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ נַֽעֲמָה הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃
13
So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.