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Naamathite
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
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.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
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.)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
NA'AMATHITE, the designation of Zophar, one of Job's friends. Job 2:11.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
NA'AMATHITE, the designation of Zophar, one of Job's friends. Job 2:11.