H0728 H0728
Araunah — a Jebusite landowner whose threshing floor David purchased as the site for the future Jerusalem temple
Araunah (אֲרַוְנָה) was a Jebusite resident of Jerusalem whose threshing floor on Mount Moriah became one of the most theologically significant pieces of real estate in Scripture. When a plague struck Israel following David's census, the angel of the LORD halted at Araunah's threshing floor (2 Sam 24:16). The prophet Gad instructed David to build an altar there, and Araunah generously offered his oxen, threshing sledges, and the floor itself as a gift — but David insisted on paying the full price, declaring 'I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing' (2 Sam 24:24). This site became the location of Solomon's temple (2 Chr 3:1). The name appears as Ornan (אָרְנָן) in Chronicles.
Senses
1. Araunah — A Jebusite inhabitant of Jerusalem who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah where the angel of the LORD stopped the plague during David's census (2 Sam 24:16-18). Araunah offered his threshing floor, oxen, and equipment as a free gift for sacrifice, but David purchased them at full price — fifty shekels of silver (2 Sam 24:20-24) — establishing the principle that true worship requires personal cost. This site became the location of Solomon's temple (2 Chr 3:1). The name appears as Ornan (אָרְנָן) in 1 Chronicles 21:15-28. Spanish 'Arauna' and English 'Araunah' both transliterate the name. 11×
AR["أَرَوْنَةَ", "أَرَوْنَةُ"]·ben["(অরৌনার)", "[অরৌনার]", "অরৌনা", "অরৌনাকে"]·DE["Araunah", "[k]"]·EN["Araunah", "[k]"]·FR["Arauna", "[k]"]·heb["ארונה", "ארניה", "ה-אורנה", "ה-ארונה"]·HI["अरौना", "अरौना-ने"]·ID["(Arauna)", "Arauna", "[Arauna]"]·IT["Araunah", "[k]"]·jav["Arauna", "[K]"]·KO["(아라우나의)", "[아르니야의]", "[하오르나의]", "아라우나", "아라우나가"]·PT["(Aravnah)", "Aravnah", "[Araniah]", "[Aravnah]"]·RU["[кетив]", "Аравна", "Аравне", "Аравны"]·ES["(Aravnah)", "Aravnah", "[Aravnah]", "[Arniyah]"]·SW["Arauna", "[Arauna]"]·TR["Aravna", "Aravna'ya", "[Aravna]"]·urd["[قری]", "ارونہ", "ارونہ-نے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲרַוְנָה n.pr.m. Araunah, a Jebusite—א׳ 2 S 24:20(×2), 21, 22, 23(×2) (but read עֶבֶד אֲדֹוֹנִי cf. We Dr) v 23, 24; Kt גֹּרֶן האורנה v 16 (Qr הָאֲרַוְנָה) c.art. but cf. Dr; Kt ג׳ ארניה v 18 (Qr אֲרַוְנָה); = אָרְנָן (q.v.) 1 Ch 21:15 f; 𝔊 in S & Ch Ὀρνα.