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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5116 - נָוָה

Transliteration

nâveh

Phonetics

naw-veh', naw-vaw'

Origin

from (H5115)

Parts of Speech

adjective, masculine noun

TWOT

1322a,1322b,1322c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

n m
1. abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture
  1. abode (of sheep)
  2. abode (of shepherds)
  3. meadow
  4. habitation
adj
1. dwelling, abiding

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 718 ‑ ἁρμόζω (har‑mod'‑zo); 1886 ‑ ἔπαυλις (ep'‑ow‑lis); 2143 ‑ εὐπρέπεια (yoo‑prep'‑i‑ah); 2167 ‑ εὐφροσύνη (yoo‑fros‑oo'‑nay); 2570 ‑ καλός (kal‑os'); 2646 ‑ κατάλυμα (kat‑al'‑oo‑mah); 3542 ‑ νομή (nom‑ah'); 4851 ‑ συμφέρω (soom‑fer'‑o); 5117 ‑ τόπος (top'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (36)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 12

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (37)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 3

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 11

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

CSB (26)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 1

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

ESV (35)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (36)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 12

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (34)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 2

1 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 11

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

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

WEB (35)

Exodus 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Chronicles 1

Job 4

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 12

Ezekiel 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (36)

a habitation 1

a stable 1

against his fold 1

and she that tarrieth 1

comely 1

fold 1

for thee, and make the habitation 1

habitation 5

his habitation 3

in a pleasant place 1

in the dwelling 1

in the habitation 1

man, against the habitation 1

me both it, and his habitation 1

shall be a fold 1

shall be pastures 1

shall their fold 1

surely he shall make their habitation 2

the habitation 2

thee from the sheepcote 2

thee, o habitation 1

thereof, a habitation 1

thereof; and it shall be a habitation 1

thy fold 1

to his pasture 1

to their folds 1

upon his habitation 1

BSB (37)

a haunt 1

a homestead 1

a land of pastures 1

a pasture 2

and their pasture 1

are in the dwelling 1

dwelling 1

dwelling place 1

estate 1

grazing land 1

haunts 1

his dwelling place{again 1

his home 1

his homeland 2

his house 1

his pasture 2

in a meadow 1

in the haunt 1

near the dwelling 1

pasture 2

pastures 1

place 1

she who waits 1

the dwellings 1

the home 1

the pasture 2

the watered pasture 2

their grazing land 1

their pasture 2

your home 1

CSB (26)

a dwelling 1

a pasture 1

at the camp 1

his home 1

his homeland 2

land 6

meadow 1

pasture 2

pastures 1

place 3

settlement 1

the dwelling 1

the haunt 1

the home 1

the pasture 2

your home 1

ESV (35)

abode 1

dwelling 4

dwelling place 1

fold 5

grazing land 2

habitation 9

habitations 1

haunt 2

meadow 1

pasture 7

pastures 1

women at 1

KJV (36)

comely 1

dwelling 2

dwellings 1

fold 3

folds 1

habitation 21

habitations 1

place 2

sheepcote 2

stable 1

tarried 1

LEB (34)

⌊a pastureland by a constantly flowing stream⌋ 1

a pasture for 1

a settlement 1

abode 1

against the home of 1

and she who remains at 1

and the abode of 1

and their pasture 1

are in the house of 1

as a pasture of 1

his dwelling 1

his dwelling place 1

his settlement 1

his settlement to be desolate 1

in a meadow 1

in a settlement of 1

in his dwelling place 1

is in a settlement of 1

its pasture 1

o settlement of 1

pasture 1

pasture for 1

pastures 1

settlement 1

the ⌊true pasture⌋ 1

the abode of 1

the pasture 2

the settlement of 1

their grazing place 2

to be desolate 1

your fold 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

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

WEB (35)

a habitation 2

a stable 1

against his fold 1

and it will be a habitation 1

comely 1

fold 1

habitation 5

his habitation 2

his homeland 1

in a pleasant place 1

in the dwelling 1

on his habitation 1

shall be a fold 1

shall their fold 1

she who waits 1

surely he shall make their habitation 2

the habitation 2

to his pasture 1

to their folds 1

will be in the habitation 1

will be pastures 1

you from the sheep pen 1

your fold 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1305) f n (נו NW) AC: Dwell CO: Abode AB: ?

J) e f n (נוה NWH) AC: Dwell CO: Abode AB: ?: A place of beauty and comfort where one resides for a long period of time.

V) e f n (נוה NWH) - Dwell: KJV (2): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal) home, habitation - Strongs: H5115 (נָוָה)

N^m) e f n (נוה NWH) - Abode: The dwelling place of man (home) , god (mountain) or animal (pasture or stable) . KJV (36): habitation, fold, dwelling, sheepcote, comely, stable, pleasant, tarried - Strongs: H5116 (נָוָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. נָוֶה noun masculine^{Isaiah 27:10} abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation; — absolute Isaiah 27:10 +; construct נְוֵה Exodus 15:13 +; נְוַת Job 8:6 (as if from נָוָה; or read נְוֵה ?); suffix נָָֽוְךָ Job 5:24, נָוֵ֫הוּ 2 Samuel 15:25 +, נְוֵהֶם Jeremiah 49:20; Ezekiel 34:14 (compare Sta^{§ 351 c}.), נְוֵהֶן Jeremiah 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; נְוֵיהֶן van d. H., plural according to Kö^{ii, 1, p. 77}); —

1. a. adode, of sheep 2 Samuel 7:8 ("" מֵאַחַר הַצּאֹן) = 1 Chronicles 17:1; Isaiah 65:10 ("" רָבַץ); of people under figure of sheep Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 49:20 = Jeremiah 50:45,19; Ezekiel 34:14 (twice in verse) ("" רָבַץ, מִרְעֶה); of camels Ezekiel 25:5 ("" מִרְבַּץ צאֹן).

b. adode of shepherds Jeremiah 33:12 (+ מַרְבִּיצִים צאֹן).

c. = meadow, in figure of Ephraim planted (שָׁתוּל) as tree Hosea 9:13.

2 habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry), Job 5:3; Job 8:6 (נְוַת צִדְקֶ֑ךָ, see above), Proverbs 21:20; "" אֹהֶל Job 5:24; Job 18:15; "" בַּיִת Proverbs 3:33; "" רֵבֶץ Proverbs 24:15; of ׳י in Canaan 2 Samuel 15:25; of Can. as place of ׳י s sanctuary, קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ׳נ Exodus 15:13; figurative of ׳י himself, צֶדֶק׳נ Jeremiah 50:7; habit. of nation Jeremiah 10:25; Jeremiah 25:30; Isaiah 32:18 (שָׁלוֺם׳נ), Psalm 79:7; = city Isaiah 27:10, especially Jerusalem Isaiah 33:20 (שַׁאֲנָן׳נ, "" אֹהֶל); אֵיתָן׳נ Jeremiah 49:19 (figurative of Edom) = Jeremiah 50:44 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel, צֶדֶק׳נ Jeremiah 31:23 ("" הַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ). Twice of habitation of jackals Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 35:7 (both "" חָצִיר).

II. [נָוֶה] adjective dwelling, abiding; — only (si vera lectio) נְוַת בַּיִת Psalm 68:13 she that is adiding at home. — נָוָה Jeremiah 6:2 see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָוָה i.q. נָאָה

(1) to sit down, to rest; Habakkuk 2:5, גֶּבֶר יָהִיר וְלֹא יִנְוֶה “he is a proud man and does not rest,” but seeks disturbances and wars. Also to dwell; see נָוֶה, נָוָה.

(2) to be decorous, becoming (how this idea is connected with that of sitting down has been shown above under the root נָאָה Pilel).

Hiphil, to adorn (with praises), to celebrate; Exodus 15:2, אַנְוֵהוּ LXX. δοξάσω αὐρόν. Vulg. glorificabo eum. Hence

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List of Word Forms

בְּנָ֣וֶה בְנָוֶ֑ה בִּנְוֵ֣ה בִּנְוֵ֤ה בנוה הַנָּוֶ֔ה הנוה וּנְוֵ֖ה וּנְוַת ונוה ונות לִנְוֵ֣ה לִנְוֵה־ לנוה לנוה־ נְוֵ֣ה נְוֵ֥ה נְוֵהֶ֑ם נְוֵהֶ֖ן נְוֵהֶֽם׃ נְוֵה־ נְוַ֣ת נְוֹ֛ת נָ֝וְךָ נָוֵ֔הוּ נָוֵ֖הוּ נָוֵ֣הוּ נָוֵ֥הוּ נָוֵֽהוּ׃ נָוֶ֕ה נָוֶ֣ה נָוֶֽה׃ נוה נוה־ נוה׃ נוהו נוהו׃ נוהם נוהם׃ נוהן נוך נות bə·nā·weh ḇə·nā·weh beNaveh bənāweh ḇənāweh bin·wêh binVeh binwêh han·nā·weh hannaVeh hannāweh lin·wêh lin·wêh- linVeh linwêh linwêh- nā·wê·hū nā·wə·ḵā nā·weh Navecha naVeh naVehu nāweh nāwêhū nāwəḵā nə·waṯ nə·wê·hem nə·wê·hen nə·wêh nə·wêh- nə·wōṯ neVat neVeh neveHem neveHen neVot nəwaṯ nəwêh nəwêh- nəwêhem nəwêhen nəwōṯ ū·nə·waṯ ū·nə·wêh unevat uneVeh ūnəwaṯ ūnəwêh venaVeh