Nun

Nun in Wikipedia

Nun (pronounced /ˈnʊn/), in the Hebrew Bible, was a man from the Tribe of Ephraim, grandson of Ammihud, son of Elishama, and father of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:26-27 ) He grew up in and may have lived his entire life in the Israelites' Egyptian captivity, where the Egyptians "made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks and w...

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Nun in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

noon ("n"): The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "n". It came also to be used for the number 50. See ALPHABET, for name, etc....

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Nun in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(fish, or posterity), the father of the Jewish captain Joshua. Ex 33:11 etc. His genealogical descent from Ephraim is recorded in 1Ch 7:1 ... (B.C. before 1530.)...

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Nun in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11)....

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Nun in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Sprung from Ephraim; father of Joshua (1 Chronicles 7:20-27)....

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