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נָכוֹן

𐤍𐤊𐤅𐤍

Nakhon

H5225 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

Proper name of a place, Nachon, likely indicating a location that is established or prepared. The name is used as a toponym in the account of the Ark's transport, designating the threshing floor near which Uzza died. The semantic sense is 'established', 'prepared', or 'fixed', as applied to a place's name, rather than an attribute of a person.

Semantic Range

(as name) established, prepared, fixed; (used only as a place name, not as a personal or descriptive term)

Root / Etymology

From the root כּוּן (kûn), meaning 'to be firm, established, prepared'. The name נָכוֹן is a passive/adjectival form, meaning 'established' or 'prepared'.

Historical & Contextual Notes

נָכוֹן occurs as a place name in 2 Samuel 6:6, 'threshing floor of Nachon', where Uzza touched the Ark. The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 13:9 names the site as the 'threshing floor of Kidon (כִּידֹן)', suggesting textual or transmission variation. The term is not used elsewhere as a personal or common noun. English translation as 'Nachon' preserves the toponym but may obscure the sense of the name as 'established place' or 'prepared site.' There is no evidence to suggest the term referred to an individual. In post-biblical or Hellenistic Jewish and Christian traditions, place names are sometimes rendered as personal names, but in the biblical text it is a location tied to a specific narrative event.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from כּוּן; prepared; Nakon, probably an Israelite; Nachon.

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Root Family

כון (k-w-n) — firmness, stability, establishment, readiness

Root כון to be firm, to establish, to set up, to prepare
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3078 יְהוֹיָכִין YHWH establishes
H3112 יוֹיָכִין Yahweh establishes
H3199 יָכִין to He-Establishes
H3200 יָכִינִי the Yakinite
H3204 יְכׇנְיָה Yah Establishes

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H5225-01 נָכ֑וֹן nakhon HNp of Nacon being established Nakhon 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H5225-01 2 Samuel 6:6 נָכ֑וֹן nakhon HNp of Nacon being established Nakhon
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