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Naomi Pleasant

Naomi is a Hebrew name meaning pleasant, said no-om-ee'. She went to Moab full and came back empty, and asked to be called Mara instead.

Meaning: PleasantOrigin: HebrewSaid: no-om-ee'Strong's: H5281In the KJV: 20 verses

Where the name comes from

נׇעֳמִי Noʻŏmîy — Noomi, an Israelitess. Strong's H5281 derives it: from H5278 (נֹעַם); pleasant.

Naomi in Scripture

The name appears in 20 verses, first at Ruth 1:2.

Ruth 1:2 · KJV

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

Ruth 1:3 · KJV

And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

Ruth 1:8 · KJV

And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

Ruth 1:11 · KJV

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Ruth 1:19 · KJV

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Ruth 1:20 · KJV

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Ruth 1:21 · KJV

I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

Ruth 1:22 · KJV

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

Ruth 2:1 · KJV

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

Ruth 2:2 · KJV

And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

Ruth 2:6 · KJV

And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:

Ruth 2:20 · KJV

And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

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