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Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical
Scripts אֲרַוְנָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. ’Ǎrawnāh(Biblical English)  [key]
Other Forms FormsOrnan

Meaning & History

Araunah was a Jebusite who was mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel who owned the threshing floor on the summit of Mount Moriah that David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God. The First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan.
Added 3/25/2015 by LMS
Edited 8/13/2017 by LMS