How to Pronounce Araunah

uh-RAW-nuh

Araunah is pronounced uh-RAW-nuh (əˈrɑːnə): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: uh-RAH-nuh.

What does Araunah mean?

Araunah means “ark; song; joyful cry”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Araunah?

Araunah was a Jebusite whose threshingfloor in Jerusalem was the site where the angel of the LORD stood before the plague was stayed (2 Samuel 24:16). David bought the threshingfloor and oxen from him for fifty shekels of silver, refusing to offer the LORD a sacrifice that cost him nothing (2 Samuel 24:24).

Also pronounced

uh-RAH-nuh

Found in Scripture

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