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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5014 - נָבַב

Transliteration

nâbab

Phonetics

naw-bab'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1278

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Qal) to hollow out
1. hollowed (participle)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

BSB (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

CSB (3)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

ESV (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

KJV (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

LEB (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

LSB (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

N95 (3)

Exodus 2

Jeremiah 1

NAS (3)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Exodus 2

Job 1

Jeremiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1301) b n (נב NB) AC: Flourish CO: Fruit AB: Prophecy: The pictograph n is a picture of a seed, the b is a picture of a tent or house representing what is inside. Combined these mean "seed inside". A fruit hides the seeds inside it.

B) b b n (נבב NBB) AC: Hollow CO: ? AB: ?: The inside of a box for holding something or is empty.

V) b b n (נבב NBB) - Hollow: To hollow out. KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Participle) hollow, vain - Strongs: H5014 (נָבַב)

E) a b n (נבא NBA) AC: ? CO: Prophet AB: Prophecy: A fruit produced from the inside of man. A knowledge of something that is not known by the five senses.

V) a b n (נבא NBA) - Prophecy: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (116): (vf: Niphal, Hitpael) prophecy, prophet - Strongs: H5012 (נָבָא), H5013 (נְבָא)

b^m) a i b n (נביא NBYA) - Prophet: One who brings forth the inner fruit. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (320): prophet, prophecy - Strongs: H5029 (נְבִיא), H5030 (נָבִיא)

b^f1) e a i b n (נביאה NBYAH) - Prophetess: KJV (6): prophetess - Strongs: H5031 (נְבִיאָה)

d^f1) e a f b n (נבואה NBWAH) - Prophecy: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (4): prophecy - Strongs: H5016 (נְבוּאָה), H5017 (נְבוּאָה)

J) b f n (נוב NWB) AC: Flourish CO: Fruit AB: ?

V) b f n (נוב NWB) - Flourish: KJV (4): (vf: Paal) bring forth, increase, cheerful - Strongs: H5107 (נוּב)

N^m) b f n (נוב NWB) - Fruit: [df: byn] KJV (2): fruit - Strongs: H5108 (נוֹב)

i^f1 ) e b f n t (תנובה TNWBH) - Fruit: KJV (5): fruit, increase - Strongs: H8570 (תְּנוּבָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[נָבַב] verb hollow out (compare Assyrian imbubu, flute, Dl^{HWB 443}, Late Hebrew אַבּוּב id., Aramaic

אַבּוּבָא id.; hence also Arabic

knots in reed, part of reed between knots, reed; see Hoffm^{LCB 1882,321} Frä²³ Fl in Levy^{TW i. 417}); —

Qal Passive participle נָבוּב Job 11:12; Jeremiah 52:21; נְבוּב Exodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7; — hollowed, hollow: of altar of tabernacle נְבוּב לֻחוֺת Exodus 27:8; Exodus 38:7 (P); of pillar in temple Jeremiah 52:21; figurative אִישׁ נָבוּב Job 11:12, i.e. empty, hollow-minded man.

נֹ֫בֶה see נֹב.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָבַב to bore, to hollow out, i.q. חָלַל. Part. pass. נָבוּב hollow, Exodus 27:8, 38:7 Jeremiah 52:21 metaph. empty, foolish, Job 11:12 see as to this passage under the word לָבַב Niphal.

Hence בָּבָה for נְבָבָה gate, pupil of the eye. Others take בוּב as the root of both these words.

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List of Word Forms

נְב֥וּב נָ֭בוּב נָבֽוּב׃ נבוב נבוב׃ nā·ḇūḇ nāḇūḇ Navuv nə·ḇūḇ nəḇūḇ neVuv