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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 - “With your unfailing love you lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your might, you guide them
to your sacred home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the LORD sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle[fn] again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment,
but then comes sudden disaster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:24 - You will know that your home is safe.
When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - and if you are pure and live with integrity,
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:12 - Enemy kings and their armies flee,
while the women of Israel divide the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:7 - For they have devoured your people Israel,[fn]
making the land a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:33 - The LORD curses the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the home of the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - The wise have wealth and luxury,
but fools spend whatever they get.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:15 - Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly,
and don’t raid the house where the godly live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - The fortified towns will be silent and empty,
the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds.
Calves will graze there,
chewing on twigs and branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:18 - My people will live in safety, quietly at home.
They will be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:20 - Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns will overrun its palaces;
nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
and a home for owls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - The parched ground will become a pool,
and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.
Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish
where desert jackals once lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:10 - The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks
for my people who have searched for me,
and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:25 - Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel[fn];
they have devoured and consumed them,
making the land a desolate wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Now prophesy all these things, and say to them,
“‘The LORD will roar against his own land
from his holy dwelling in heaven.
He will shout like those who tread grapes;
he will shout against everyone on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:23 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity, the people of Judah and its towns will again say, ‘The LORD bless you, O righteous home, O holy mountain!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: This land—though it is now desolate and has no people and animals—will once more have pastures where shepherds can lead their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Listen to the LORD’s plans against Edom
and the people of Teman.
Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,
and their homes will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who found them devoured them.
Their enemies said,
‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them,
for they sinned against the LORD,
their true place of rest,
and the hope of their ancestors.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - And I will bring Israel home again to its own land,
to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan,
and to be satisfied once more
in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:44

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Babylon from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:45 - Listen to the LORD’s plans against Babylon
and the land of the Babylonians.
Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,
and their homes will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the Ammonites into a resting place for sheep and goats. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:14 - Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in the lush pastures of the hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:6 - The Philistine coast will become a wilderness pasture,
a place of shepherd camps
and enclosures for sheep and goats.
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