עֻנִּי
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Unni
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Analysis of עֻנִּי (Unni) Based on the provided lexical data, עֻנִּי (Unni) is a proper noun appearing twice in the Hebrew Bible. As a name rather than a common word with semantic range, it functions as a personal identifier rather than a term with meaning that can be analyzed in the traditional lexical sense. The limited occurrence—only two attestations—suggests this was likely a specific individual or possibly a family name of minor prominence in biblical narrative or genealogy. Without additional context such as the specific biblical passages where it appears, the character's role, or associated genealogical information, the significance of this person cannot be determined from the lexical data alone. To understand the actual importance or context of Unni within biblical literature, one would need to examine the passages where this name appears directly, as a frequency of two occurrences provides minimal basis for assessing theological or historical significance.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
and with them their brothers of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
1 Chronicles 15:20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;