naamah Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
naamah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
the beautiful. (1.) The daughter of Lamech and Zillah (Gen. 4: 22). (2.) The daughter of the king of Ammon, one of the wives of Solomon, the only one who appears to have borne him a son, viz., Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21, 31). (3.) A city in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:41), supposed by some to be identified with Na'aneh, some 5 miles south-east of Makkedah.
naamah in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
NA'AMAH (pleasing). 1. Daughter of Tubal-cain and Zillah, Gen 4:22, and one of the few women mentioned by name before the Flood. 2. An Ammonitess, the mother of Rehoboam, and one of Solomon's wives. 1 Kgs 14:21.
naamah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("sweetness".) 1. Lamech's daughter by Zillah (Genesis 4:22). The refinement and luxury of Cain's descendants appear in the names of their wives and daughters; as Naamah, Adah ("beauty"), Zillah ("shadow"). Naamah is associated with her brother Tubal-cain, the first worker in brass and iron. 2. The Ammonitess mother of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 14:31; 2 Chronicles 12:13), one of Solomon's "strange women" (1 Kings 11:1). The Vat. Septuagint makes Naamah daughter of Ana or Hanun, son of Nahash; thus David's war with Hanun terminated in a re-alliance, and Solomon's marriage to Naamah would be about two years before David's death, for Rehoboam the offspring of it was 41 on ascending the throne, and Solomon's reign was 40 years. 3. A town in the "low hill country" of Judah (the shephelah): Joshua 15:41.