Strong H5126נוּן

Nun

Transliteration
nûn nôn
Pronunciation
{noon} nohn
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H5125; perpetuity;
Nun or {Non} the father of Joshua: - {Non} Nun.

Meaning of the name

Nun = "fish" or "posterity"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.33.11;
son of: Elishama (H476);
father of: Joshua (H3091)

In the biblical story

Nun

Father of Joshua

Nun was the father of Joshua, Moses' assistant and successor as leader of Israel.

In the Bible

Strong H5126 appears in 30 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • nun29
  • non1

First verses

  1. Exodus 33:11
    And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
  2. Numbers 11:28
    And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
  3. Numbers 13:8
    Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
  4. Numbers 13:16
    These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
  5. Numbers 14:6
    And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
  6. Numbers 14:30
    Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  7. Numbers 14:38
    But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
  8. Numbers 26:65
    For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  9. Numbers 27:18
    And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
  10. Numbers 32:12
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
  11. Numbers 32:28
    So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
  12. Numbers 34:17
    These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  13. Deuteronomy 1:38
    But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
  14. Deuteronomy 31:23
    And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
  15. Deuteronomy 32:44
    And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
  16. Deuteronomy 34:9
    And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
  17. Joshua 1:1
    Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
  18. Joshua 2:1
    And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
  19. Joshua 2:23
    So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
  20. Joshua 6:6
    And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.
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