נָוִית
Nâvîyth · naw-veeth'
Navith, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5115 (נָוָה); residence;
Navith, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Naioth (from the margin).
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)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָוִית 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in naioth1 · 17%
- is at naioth1 · 17%
- behold, they be at naioth1 · 17%
- thither to naioth1 · 17%
- to naioth1 · 17%
- from naioth1 · 17%
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.