נֹא
Nôʼ · no
No (i.e. Thebes), the capital of Upper Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: of Egyptian origin;
No (i.e. Thebes), the capital of Upper Egypt
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: No. Compare H528 (אָמוֹן).
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֹא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of no2 · 40%
- in no1 · 20%
- and no1 · 20%
- no1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.