Bible dictionaries

Nun

What Bible dictionaries say about “Nun”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Nun - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).

Nun - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

NUN, n. A woman devoted to a religious life, and who lives in a cloister or nunnery, secluded from the world, under a vow of perpetual chastity.

NUN, n.

1. A web-footed fowl of the size of a duck, with a white head and neck.

2. The blue titmouse.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

(fish , or posterity), the father of the Jewish captain Joshua. (Exodus 33:11) etc. His genealogical descent from Ephraim is recorded in (1 Chronicles 7:1) ... (B.C. before 1530.)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3