Strong H5281נׇעֳמִי

Naomi

Transliteration
no‛ŏmîy
Pronunciation
no-om-ee'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

From H5278; pleasant;
{Noomi} an Israelitess: - Naomi.

Meaning of the name

Naomi = "my delight"

Detailed definition

A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H458);
mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20;
Also named: ma.ra (מָרָא "Mara" H4755)

In the biblical story

Naomi

Israelite woman, mother-in-law of Ruth.

Naomi, also known as Mara, was an Israelite woman who, after losing her husband and sons, returned from Moab to Bethlehem with her daughter-in-law Ruth.

In the Bible

Strong H5281 appears in 20 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • naomi19
  • s1

First verses

  1. Ruth 1:2
    And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth–lehem–judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
  2. Ruth 1:3
    And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
  3. Ruth 1:8
    And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
  4. Ruth 1:11
    And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
  5. Ruth 1:19
    So they two went until they came to Beth–lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth–lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
  6. Ruth 1:20
    And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
  7. Ruth 1:21
    I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
  8. Ruth 1:22
    So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
  9. Ruth 2:1
    And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
  10. Ruth 2:2
    And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
  11. Ruth 2:6
    And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
  12. Ruth 2:20
    And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
  13. Ruth 2:22
    And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.
  14. Ruth 3:1
    Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
  15. Ruth 4:3
    And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
  16. Ruth 4:5
    Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
  17. Ruth 4:9
    And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
  18. Ruth 4:14
    And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
  19. Ruth 4:16
    And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
  20. Ruth 4:17
    And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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