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Lexicon :: Strong's H5116 - nāvê

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נָוֶה
Transliteration
nāvê
Pronunciation
naw-veh'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1322a,1322b,1

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
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).
masculine noun

  1. abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture

    1. abode (of sheep)

    2. abode (of shepherds)

    3. meadow

    4. habitation

      adjective

  2. dwelling, abiding

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
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.
STRONGS H5116: Abbreviations
† I. נָוֶה noun masculineIsaiah 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 Köii, 1, p. 77); —
1.
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].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

15:13; 15:13

2 Samuel

7:8; 15:25; 15:25

1 Chronicles

17:1

Job

5:3; 5:24; 5:24; 8:6; 8:6; 18:15

Psalms

68:13; 79:7

Proverbs

3:33; 21:20; 24:15

Isaiah

27:10; 27:10; 27:10; 32:18; 33:20; 34:13; 35:7; 65:10

Jeremiah

6:2; 10:25; 23:3; 23:3; 25:30; 31:23; 33:12; 49:19; 49:20; 49:20; 50:7; 50:19; 50:44; 50:45

Ezekiel

25:5; 34:14; 34:14

Hosea

9:13

H5116

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5116 matches the Hebrew נָוֶה (nāvê),
which occurs 35 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:13 - You in Your mercy have led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To Your holy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen the foolish taking root,
But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:24 - You shall know that your tent is in peace;
You shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - If you were pure and upright,
Surely now He would awake for you,
And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:12 - “Kings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home divides the spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:33 - The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked,
But He blesses the home of the just.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - There is desirable treasure,
And oil in the dwelling of the wise,
But a foolish man squanders it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - Yet the fortified city will be desolate,
The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness;
There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down
And consume its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 - My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation,
In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns shall come up in its palaces,
Nettles and brambles in its fortresses;
It shall be a habitation of jackals,
A courtyard for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - The parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land springs of water;
In the habitation of jackals, where each lay,
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
And the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down,
For My people who have sought Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, who do not know You,
And on the families who do not call on Your name;
For they have eaten up Jacob,
Devoured him and consumed him,
And made his dwelling place desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - “But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them:

‘The LORD will roar from on high,
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His fold.
He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes,
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:23 - Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “They shall again use this speech in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I bring back their captivity: ‘The LORD bless you, O home of justice, and mountain of holiness!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be a dwelling place of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will suddenly make him run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Edom,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who found them have devoured them;
And their adversaries said, ‘We have not offended,
Because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice,
The LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - But I will bring back Israel to his home,
And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan;
His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan
Against the dwelling place of the strong;
But I will make them suddenly run away from her.
And who is a chosen man that I may appoint over her?
For who is like Me?
Who will arraign Me?
And who is that shepherd
Who will withstand Me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Babylon,
And His purposes that He has proposed against the land of the Chaldeans:
Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out;
Surely He will make their dwelling place desolate with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - “And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - “I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - Just as I saw Ephraim like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place,
So Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - The seacoast shall be pastures,
With shelters[fn] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
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