HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7767
שׁוּנַמִּית
shu.nam.mit — Shunammites
People descended from Shunam(?), first mentioned at 1Ki.1.3 § Shunammite, of Shunen "double resting place" an inhabitant of Shunem
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Shunammite
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A person of Shunem (1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 4:12). The Syr. and Arab. read “Sulamite.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.