Nun

Nun

(Heb. id. נוּן. [once Nun, נוֹן, 1Ch 7:27, A. V. "Non"], having branches or descendants:; in the Syriac and Chaldee, a fish, because of its prolificness; Sept. Ναυή v. r. Ναβή, Ναβέ), an Israelite of the tribe of Ephraim (B.C. cir. 1630); father of Joshua, the great leader of Israel, who is usually called Joshua Bin-Nun (בֵּןאּנוּן, notבֶּןאּ), the son of Nun, e.g. Nu 11:28; Nu 14:6. Of the life of Nun no accounit is given. Some of the early English versions write the name Naue, after the Sept. Ναυή, which Gesenius (Thes. 2:864) thinks an error of transcription for Naun Ναῦν; but Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 2:226) thinks to be taken from another pointing in the Hebrew (םנָיֵןnayen), or perhaps.it is an omission of the final N. SEE JOSHUA.

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