נֹף
Nôph · nofe
Noph, the capital of Upper Egypt
Lexicon
Derivation: a variation of H4644 (מֹף);
Noph, 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: Noph.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word
The seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֹף 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of noph2 · 29%
- and at noph1 · 14%
- in noph1 · 14%
- for noph1 · 14%
- out of noph1 · 14%
- and noph1 · 14%
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.