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Abinoam
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Abinoam
Identity
- Name meaning
- father of pleasantness · my father is delight (Heb. av-noam) — same root as Naomi
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Era & origin
- Era
- Judges period, c. 1200 BC
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Role
- Role
- Father of Barak the judge · From Kedesh-naphtali
- Notable for
- Abinoam appears in scripture only as the father of Barak — five times across Judges 4 and 5, always in the genealogical formula *Barak the son of Abinoam.* The family was of Kedesh-naphtali, the Galilean highland town from which Deborah summoned Barak to lead Israel against Sisera and the Canaanite chariot army of Hazor.
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Abinoam appears in scripture only as the father of Barak — five times across Judges 4 and 5, always in the genealogical formula Barak the son of Abinoam. The family was of Kedesh-naphtali, the Galilean highland town from which Deborah summoned Barak to lead Israel against Sisera and the Canaanite chariot army of Hazor.
His Hebrew name means father of pleasantness — built from the same root as *Naomi (pleasant*). Nothing further is recorded of him; like many fathers in the judges narratives, he exists in scripture only to fix his more famous son to a known house.
Source · AI-drafted from biblical text and standard reference works (Smith's, Easton's, ISBE) — verify and refine against authoritative sources before publication.