nun · Nun

What it means

nun (נוּן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Nun”.

The father of Joshua.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Numbers×11
• Deuteronomy×4
• Joshua×10
• Judges×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1

• Exodus 33:11

  And YHWH would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his companion. Then he would return to the camp, but his assistant Joshua son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from inside the tent.

• Numbers 11:28

  And Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant from his youth, answered and said, “My lord Moses, stop them.”

• Numbers 13:8

  of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

• Numbers 13:16

  These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.

• Numbers 14:6

  And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes

• Numbers 14:30

  you shall not come into the land where I raised my hand to settle you in it, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

• Numbers 14:38

  But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive of those men who went to explore the land.

• Numbers 26:65

  For YHWH had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” And there was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

• Numbers 27:18

  YHWH said to Moses, “Take for yourself Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom there is the spirit, and lay your hand on him.

• Numbers 32:12

  except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have fully followed YHWH.’

• Numbers 32:28

  So Moses gave orders concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

• Numbers 34:17

  “These are the names of the men who shall apportion as inheritance the land to you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.

• Deuteronomy 1:38

  Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Strengthen him, for he will make Israel inherit it.

• Deuteronomy 31:23

  And he commanded Joshua son of Nun and said, “Be strong and firm, for you will bring the sons of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

• Deuteronomy 32:44

  And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun.

• Deuteronomy 34:9

  And Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as YHWH had commanded Moses.

• Joshua 1:1

  And it came about after the death of Moses the servant of YHWH, that YHWH said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

• Joshua 2:1

  Then Joshua son of Nun sent from Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, “Go, see the land and Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a woman, a prostitute, whose name was Rahab, and they lay down there.

• Joshua 2:23

  Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them.

• Joshua 6:6

  So Joshua son of Nun called to the priests and said to them, “Carry the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven rams’ horns before the ark of YHWH.”

• Joshua 14:1

  And these are what the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave them as an inheritance:

• Joshua 17:4

  And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, “YHWH commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So he gave them, according to the command of YHWH, an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

• Joshua 19:49

  And they finished inheriting the land by its borders; and the sons of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua son of Nun in their midst.

• Joshua 19:51

  These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel gave as inheritances by lot in Shiloh before YHWH, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And they finished dividing the land.

• Joshua 21:1

  Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the sons of Israel,

• Joshua 24:29

  And after these things Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a hundred and ten years old.

• Judges 2:8

  Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a hundred and ten years old.

• 1 Kings 16:34

  In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through Joshua son of Nun.

• 1 Chronicles 7:27

  Nun, his son; Joshua, his son.

• Nehemiah 8:17

  And all the assembly, those who had returned from the captivity, made booths and lived in the booths; for the sons of Israel had not done so from the days of Jeshua son of Nun until that day. And there was very great rejoicing.