Strong H7766שׁוּנֵם
Shunem
- Transliteration
- shûnêm
- Pronunciation
- shoo-name'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Probably from the same as H7764; quietly;
{Shunem} a place in Palestine: - Shunem.
{Shunem} a place in Palestine: - Shunem.
Meaning of the name
Shunem = "double resting place"
Detailed definition
Shunem was a town allotted to the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), known for being the home of the Shunammite woman who hosted Elisha (2 Ki. 4:8) and where the Philistines camped before battling Saul (1 Sam. 28:4).
In the biblical story
Shunem
Town in Issachar; home of the Shunammite woman
Shunem was a town allotted to the tribe of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), known for being the home of the Shunammite woman who hosted Elisha (2 Ki. 4:8) and where the Philistines camped before battling Saul (1 Sam. 28:4).
In the Bible
Strong H7766 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shunem3
First verses
- Joshua 19:18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
- 1 Samuel 28:4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
- 2 Kings 4:8And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.