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Lexicon :: Strong's H5210 - nînvê

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נִינְוֵה
Transliteration
nînvê
Pronunciation
nee-nev-ay'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

נִינְוֵה Nîynᵉvêh, nee-nev-ay'; of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria:—Nineveh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5210 in the following manner: Nineveh (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5210 in the following manner: Nineveh (17x).

  1. Nineveh = "abode of Ninus"

    1. capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria; located on the east bank of the Tigris river, 550 miles (880 km) from its mouth and 250 miles (400 km) north of Babylon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נִינְוֵה Nîynᵉvêh, nee-nev-ay'; of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria:—Nineveh.
STRONGS H5210: Abbreviations
† נִינְוֵה proper name, of a location Nineveh, capital of Assyria (Assyrian Ninâ, Ninua, Ninû, compare SchrCOT Glossary DlPar 260); — Genesis 10:11, 12 (J), 2 Kings 19:36 = Isaiah 37:37; Nahum 1:1; Nahum 2:9; Nahum 3:7; Zephaniah 2:13; Jonah 1:2; Jonah 3:3a; Jonah 3:4, 5, 6, 7, called הָעִיר הַגְּדוֺלָה Jonah 3:3a Jonah 3:3b Jonah 4:11 (compare Jonah 3:3a Jonah 3:4f.); Greek Version of the LXX Νινευη, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Νινευι. Site on east bank of Tigris marked by mounds Neby Yunus and Kuyundjik, opposite Mosul. compare LayardNineveh and its Remains, 1848; Monuments of Nineveh 1849 f. Billerbeck u. JeremiasBAS iii. 1 (1895), 107 ff..
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:11; 10:12

2 Kings

19:36

Isaiah

37:37

Jonah

1:2; 3:3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:4; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 4:11

Nahum

1:1; 2:9; 3:7

Zephaniah

2:13

H5210

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5210 matches the Hebrew נִינְוֵה (nînvê),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From that land Nimrod went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12 - and [Nimrod built] Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; all these [combined to form] the great city [Nineveh].

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria [fn]left and returned home, and lived at [fn]Nineveh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:37

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:37 - So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - “Go to [fn]Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:2 - “Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a [fn]three days’ walk [about sixty miles in circumference].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - Then on the first day’s walk, Jonah [fn]began to go through the city, and he called out and said, “Forty days more [remain] and [then] Nineveh will be overthrown!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 -

The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest even to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When word reached the king of Nineveh [of Jonah’s message from God], he rose from his throne, took off his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust [in repentance].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - “Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:1 -

The [fn]oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) concerning [fn]Nineveh [the capital city of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh [which he saw in spirit and prophesied].

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 -

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,

Now her inhabitants are fleeing;

“Stop! Stop!” [a few cry,]

But no one turns back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 -

“And it will come about that all who see you

Will shrink back and run from you and say,

‘Nineveh is completely ruined!

Who will grieve for her?’

Where will I seek comforters for you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 -

And the LORD will stretch out His hand against the north

And destroy Assyria,

And He will make Nineveh a desolation [a wasteland],

Parched as the desert.

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