Lexicon
שׁוּנַמִּית
shu.nam.mit
H7767
N:N-F-L Hebrew

Shunammites

8
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

shu.nam.mit identifies a woman as a Shunammite in narrative scenes involving Abishag and another woman.

The term is used as a feminine singular gentilic designation for women: Abishag in scenes involving the king and a proposed marriage, and another woman in scenes where Gehazi is told to call her and where she is reunited with her son.

Senses in use

  1. Gentilic designation for a woman · dominant

    The feminine singular gentilic identifies Abishag in 1 Kings 1:3, where the APB renders her being brought to the king, and in 1 Kings 1:15, where it renders her ministering to him. In 1 Kings 2:17 and 1 Kings 2:21, the same designation accompanies requests that Abishag be given as a wife; in 2 Kings 4:12 and 2 Kings 4:36, it identifies the woman whom Gehazi is commanded to call, and the latter verse places her before the instruction, “Lift your son.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the designation as “the Shunammite” or “this Shunammite,” while several verses use “the Shunammites.” These English forms show the verse-level presentation rather than a precise token-by-token rendering.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture