Nôʼd — H4997

Definition

masculine noun

a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)

1. skin, bottle, skin-bottle

Usually translated as

bottle

Origin

or nʼôwd; also (feminine) nôʼdâh; from an unused root of uncertain signification

Greek equivalents

• askós (G779)
• zōḗ (G2222)

Occurrences

Nôʼd occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), Psalms (2)

• Joshua 9:4 — They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles (וְנֹאד֥וֹת), old, and rent, and bound up;
• Joshua 9:13 — And these bottles (נֹאד֤וֹת) of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
• Judges 4:19 — And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle (נֹ֧אוד) of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
• 1 Samuel 16:20 — And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle (וְנֹ֣אד) of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
• Psalms 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle (בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָ): are they not in thy book?
• Psalms 119:83 — For I am become like a bottle (כְּנֹ֣אד) in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.