The meaning of “נוּן”

Understanding Nûwn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.

H5126

Hebrew Text

Strong's Concordance

נוּן

Phoneticnoon

TransliterationNûwn

Grammar Code

N:N-M-P

Noun

Strong's Definition

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

or נוֹן Nôwn (nohn); (1 Chronicles 7:27), from נוּן; perpetuity, Non, Nun. - § Nun = "fish" or "posterity" - Nun or Non, the father of Joshua 1) father of Joshua the successor of Moses

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

30 total references

Reference	Text
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.”
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.”
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.”
Joshua 17:4	“And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.”
Judges 2:8	“And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.”

Usage Statistics

Total Occurrences

30x

Most Frequent Book

Numbers

Book Distribution

Exodus1

Numbers11

Deuteronomy4

Joshua10

Judges1

1 Kings1

1 Chronicles1

Nehemiah1

Devotional Reflection

How does the original Hebrew meaning of 'נוּן' deepen your understanding of Exodus 33:11?

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