Strong H6759צַלְמֻנָּע

Zalmunna

Transliteration
tsalmûnnâ‛
Pronunciation
tsal-moon-naw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H6738 and H4513; shade has been denied;
{Tsalmunna} a Midianite: - Zalmunna.

Meaning of the name

Zalmunna = "deprived of protection"

Detailed definition

A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.8.5

In the biblical story

Zalmunna

Midianite king defeated by Gideon

Zalmunna was a Midianite king who was defeated and killed by Gideon during the time of the judges.

In the Bible

Strong H6759 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • zalmunna9

First verses

  1. Judges 8:5
    And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
  2. Judges 8:6
    And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
  3. Judges 8:7
    And Gideon said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.
  4. Judges 8:10
    Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
  5. Judges 8:12
    And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
  6. Judges 8:15
    And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
  7. Judges 8:18
    Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
  8. Judges 8:21
    Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
  9. Psalms 83:11
    Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
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