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HEBREW: 5126 Nwn Nuwn or Nwn Nown (\\#1Ch 7:27\\)
EBD: Nun
SMITH: NUN
ISBE: NUN (1) NUN (2)
Nun
In Bible versions:
Nun: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
posterity; a fish; eternal ( --> same as Non)
son of Elishama; father of Joshua (Ephraim), Moses' aide
son of Elishama; father of Joshua (Ephraim), Moses' aide
Hebrew
Strongs #05126: Nwn Nuwn or Nwn Nown (\\#1Ch 7:27\\)
Nun = "fish" or "posterity"1) father of Joshua the successor of Moses
5126 Nuwn noon
or Nown (1 Chron. 7:27) {nohn}; from 5125; perpetuity, Nun or Non, the father of Joshua: KJV -- Non, Nun.see HEBREW for 05125
Nun [ebd]
Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).
NUN [smith]
(fish , or posterity), the father of the Jewish captain Joshua. (Exodus 33:11) etc. His genealogical descent from Ephraim is recorded in (1 Chronicles 7:1) ... (B.C. before 1530.)NUN (1) [isbe]
NUN (1) - noon ("n"): The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "n". It came also to be used for the number 50.See ALPHABET, for name, etc.
NUN (2) [isbe]
NUN (2) - nun (nun "fish," derivative meaning "fecundity"): Father of Joshua (referred to thus 29 t) (Ex 33:11; Nu 11:28, etc.; 1 Ch 7:27, margin "Non"; Sirach 46:1, margin "Nave").
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