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(Heb. Ornan', àָøְðָï ; Sept. Ï᾿ñíᾶ ; Targum usually àַøåְåָï , but also àַøְðåֹï ,
àַøְðָï , àָøåֹåָï , and niM; Vulg. Ornan), the form in which the name of the Jebusite king, who in the older record of the book of Samuel is called Araunah, Aranyah, Ha-avarnah, or Haornah, is given in Chronicles (1Ch_21:15; 1Ch_21:18; 1Ch_21:20-25; 1Ch_21:28; 2Ch_3:1). SEE ARAINAH. In some of the Greek versions of Origen's Hexapla collected by Bahrdt, the threshing-floor of Ornan ( Å᾿ñíὰ ôïῦ É᾿åâïõóáßïõ ) is named for that of Nachon in 2Sa_6:6.