נוּן
Nûwn · noon
Nun or Non, the father of Joshua
Lexicon
Derivation: or נוֹן; (1 Chronicles 7:27), from H5125 (נוּן); perpetuity,
Nun or Non, the father of Joshua
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Non, Nun.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of nun29 · 97%
- non1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.