שׁוּנֵםShûwnêm

proper name [of a location]: in Issachar (Joshua 19:18; 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 Kings 4:8)

Pronunciation: shoo-name' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7766

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 19:18 Its boundaries included the following towns: Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,
  • 1 Samuel 28:4 The Philistines set up their camp at Shunem, and Saul gathered all the army of Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  • 2 Kings 4:8 One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat.

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).