Lexicon :: Strong's H5116 - nāvê

נָוֶה

Transliteration

nāvê

Pronunciation

naw-veh'

Part of Speech

adjective, masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From נָוָה (H5115)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1322a,1322b,1

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נָוֶה nâveh, naw-veh'; or (feminine) נָוָה nâvâh; from H5115; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den):—comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H5116 in the following manner: habitation (22x), fold (4x), dwelling (3x), sheepcote (2x), comely (1x), stable (1x), dwelling place (1x), pleasant place (1x), tarried (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

masculine noun

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5116: Abbreviations

† 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 נָֽוְךָ 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}); —

a. abode, 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. abode 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 Canaan as place of י׳'s sanctuary, קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ נ׳ Exodus 15:13; figurative of י׳ himself, צֶדֶק נ׳ Jeremiah 50:7; habitation 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 abiding at home. — נָוָה Jeremiah 6:2 see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].

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