נָוֶה
nâveh · naw-veh'
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) נָוָה; from H5115 (נָוָה);
(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
- (adjectively) at home
- hence, (by implication of satisfaction) lovely
- also, (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָוֶה 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
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- habitation3 · 10%
- thee from the sheepcote2 · 7%
- upon his habitation2 · 7%
- the habitation2 · 7%
- me both it, and his habitation1 · 3%
- his habitation1 · 3%
- thy habitation1 · 3%
- for thee, and make the habitation1 · 3%
- and she that tarried1 · 3%
- his dwelling place1 · 3%
- in the dwelling1 · 3%
- man, against the dwelling1 · 3%
- and the habitation1 · 3%
- thereof: and it shall be an habitation1 · 3%
- in the habitation1 · 3%
- shall be a fold1 · 3%
- to a comely1 · 3%
- him, and have made his habitation1 · 3%
- to their folds1 · 3%
- thee, o habitation1 · 3%
- thereof, shall be an habitation1 · 3%
- against the habitation1 · 3%
- surely he shall make their habitations1 · 3%
- to his habitation1 · 3%
- unto the habitation1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.