Occurrences
Nâʼveh occurs 10 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Song of Songs (4), Jeremiah (1)
- Psalms 33:1 — Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely (נָאוָ֥ה) for the upright.
- Psalms 147:1 — Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely (נָאוָ֥ה).
- Proverbs 17:7 — Excellent speech becometh (נָאוָ֣ה) not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- Proverbs 19:10 — Delight is not seemly (נָאוֶ֣ה) for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- Proverbs 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly (נָאוֶ֖ה) for a fool.
- Song of Songs 1:5 — I am black, but comely (וְֽנָאוָ֔ה), O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
- Song of Songs 2:14 — O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely (נָאוֶֽה).
- Song of Songs 4:3 — Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely (נָאוֶ֑ה): thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
- Song of Songs 6:4 — Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely (נָאוָ֖ה) as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
- Jeremiah 6:2 — I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely (הַנָּוָה֙) and delicate woman.