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Naamathite

The designation of Zophar, one of Job’s three friends (Job 2:11; 11:1), so called from some place in Arabia, called Naamah probably.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

the Gentile name of one of Job’s friends, Zophar the Naamathite. (Job 2:11; 11:1; 20:1; 42:9) There is no other trace of this name in the Bible, and the town whence it is derived is unknown. (But as Uz was in Arabia, probably the Naamah where he lived was on the Arabian borders of Syria.)

In the Bible

4

Verses where Naamathite is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Job 2:11

    Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

  • Job 11:1

    Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

  • Job 20:1

    Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

  • Job 42:9

    So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.

Scripture on Naamathite

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Entries that reference Naamathite

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Naamathite references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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