a garden; a covering
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
GUNI.1. The eponym of a Naphtalite family, Gen_46:24 = 1Ch_7:13 (cf. Num_26:48 where the gentilic Gunites occurs). 2. A Gadite chief (1Ch_5:15). Probably we should also read the Gunite for Jonathan in 2Sa_23:32; and for the Gizonite in 1Ch_11:34.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Gen_46:24; 1Ch_7:13; Num_26:48. A patronymic, the plural name implying a family as well as an individual.
2. 1Ch_5:15.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Gu'ni. (painted).
1. A son of Naphtali, Gen_46:24; 1Ch_7:13, the founder of the family of the Gunites. Num_26:48.
2. A descendant of Gad. 1Ch_5:15.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Guni
(Heb. Guni', גּוּנִיdyed [-Gesen.] or protected [Furst]; Sept. Γυνί, but in 1Ch_7:13, Γωϋνί, Vulg. Guni, the name of two men.
1. One of the sons of Naphtali (B.C. ante 1856, but not necessarily born before the migration to Egypt) (Gen_46:24; Num_26:48; 1Ch_7:13). His descendants are called GUNITES (Num_26:48).
2. Father of Abdiel, and grandfather of Ahi, which last was chieftain of the Gileadite Gadites (1Ch_5:15). B.C. between 1093 and 782.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.