אֲחִינֹעַםʼĂchîynôʻam
proper name, feminine: my brother is delight
Pronunciation: akh-ee-no'-am · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H293
Meanings
1. wife of Saul (1 Samuel 14:50)
2. Jezreelitess, wife of David (1 Samuel 25:43; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 14:50 Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
- 1 Samuel 25:43 David also married Ahinoam from Jezreel, making both of them his wives.
- 1 Samuel 27:3 David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives along with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s widow from Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 30:5 David’s two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, were among those captured.
- 2 Samuel 2:2 David’s two wives were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. So David and his wives
- 2 Samuel 3:2 These are the sons who were born to David in Hebron: The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).