Araunah

a-ro'-na ('arawnah, 2Sa 24:16,20 ff; 'aranyah 2Sa 24:18, and 'ornan, 1Ch 21:15 ff; 2Ch 3:1, all from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong"): A Jebusite from whom David at the request of the prophet Gad bought a threshing-floor located upon Mt. Moriah, as a site for an altar of the Lord at the time of the great plague (2Sa 24:15 ff; 1Ch 21:15 ff), upon which Solomon later erected the temple (2Ch 3:1).

⇒See a list of verses on ARAUNAH in the Bible.

⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.