נִינְוֵה
Nîynᵉvêh · nee-nev-ay'
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
Lexicon
Derivation: of foreign origin;
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Nineveh.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
The seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נִינְוֵה 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- nineveh4 · 24%
- of nineveh3 · 18%
- at nineveh2 · 12%
- unto nineveh2 · 12%
- between nineveh1 · 6%
- to nineveh1 · 6%
- now nineveh1 · 6%
- and nineveh1 · 6%
- through nineveh1 · 6%
- but nineveh1 · 6%
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.