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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 there he expanded his territory to Assyria,[fn] building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12 - and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36 - Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:37

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:37 - Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:2 - “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:2 - “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - This time Jonah obeyed the LORD’s command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:11 - But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness,[fn] not to mention all the animals. Shouldn’t I feel sorry for such a great city?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:1 - This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:8 - Nineveh is like a leaking water reservoir!
The people are slipping away.
“Stop, stop!” someone shouts,
but no one even looks back.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - All who see you will shrink back and say,
‘Nineveh lies in ruins.
Where are the mourners?’
Does anyone regret your destruction?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:13 - And the LORD will strike the lands of the north with his fist,
destroying the land of Assyria.
He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland,
parched like a desert.
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