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Strong H7764שׁוּנִי

Shuni

Transliteration
shûnîy
Pronunciation
shoo-nee'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From an unused root meaning to rest;
quiet;
{Shuni} an Israelite: - Shuni.

Meaning of the name

Shuni = "fortunate"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.16;
son of: Gad (H1410);
brother of: Ziphion (H6837), Haggi (H2291), Ezbon (H675), Eri (H6179), Arod (H720) and Areli (H692)
Also named: shu.ni (שׁוּנִי "Shunite" H7765)

In the biblical story

Shuni

Son of Gad, ancestor of the Shunite clan.

Shuni was a son of Gad and the ancestor of the Shunite clan within the tribe of Gad.

In the Bible

Strong H7764 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • shuni2

First verses

  1. Genesis 46:16
    And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
  2. Numbers 26:15
    The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
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