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.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Naamathite
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Also in 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.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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