Nâveh — H5116

Definition

masculine noun

(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)

1. n m
2. abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture
1. abode (of sheep)
2. abode (of shepherds)
3. meadow
4. habitation
3. adj
4. dwelling, abiding

Usually translated as

habitation, fold, dwelling, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried, comely

Origin

or (feminine) nâvâh; from H5115

• Derived from Nâvâh (H5115)

Greek equivalents

• harmózō (G718)
• épaulis (G1886)
• euprépeia (G2143)
• euphrosýnē (G2167)
• kalós (G2570)
• katályma (G2646)
• nomḗ (G3542)
• symphérō (G4851)
• tópos (G5117)

Occurrences

Nâveh occurs 33 times in 32 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (4), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (10), Ezekiel (2), Hosea (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Exodus 15:13 — Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation (נְוֵ֥ה).
• 2 Samuel 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote (הַנָּוֶ֔ה), from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
• 2 Samuel 15:25 — And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation (נָוֵֽהוּ):
• 1 Chronicles 17:7 — Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote (הַנָּוֶ֔ה), even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
• Job 5:3 — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation (נָוֵ֣הוּ).
• Job 5:24 — And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation (נָ֝וְךָ), and shalt not sin.
• Job 8:6 — If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation (נְוַ֣ת) of thy righteousness prosperous.
• Job 18:15 — It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation (נָוֵ֣הוּ).
• Psalms 68:12 — Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried (וּנְוַת) at home divided the spoil.
• Psalms 79:7 — For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place (נָוֵ֥הוּ).
• Proverbs 3:33 — The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation (וּנְוֵ֖ה) of the just.
• Proverbs 21:20 — There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling (בִּנְוֵ֣ה) of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
• Proverbs 24:15 — Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling (לִנְוֵ֣ה) of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
• Isaiah 27:10 — Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation (נָוֶ֕ה) forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
• Isaiah 32:18 — And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation (בִּנְוֵ֣ה), and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
• Isaiah 33:20 — Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation (נָוֶ֣ה), a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
• Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation (בִּנְוֵ֤ה) of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
• Isaiah 65:10 — And Sharon shall be a fold (לִנְוֵה) of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
• Jeremiah 10:25 — Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation (נָוֵ֖הוּ) desolate.
• Jeremiah 23:3 — And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds (נְוֵהֶ֖ן); and they shall be fruitful and increase.
• Jeremiah 25:30 — Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation (נָוֵ֔הוּ); he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
• Jeremiah 31:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation (נְוֵה) of justice, and mountain of holiness.
• Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation (נְוֵ֣ה) of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
• Jeremiah 49:20 — Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations (נְוֵהֶֽם) desolate with them.
• Jeremiah 50:7 — All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation (נְוֵה) of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
• Jeremiah 50:19 — And I will bring Israel again to his habitation (נָוֵ֔הוּ), and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
• Jeremiah 50:44 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation (נְוֵ֣ה) of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
• Jeremiah 50:45 — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation (נָוֶֽה) desolate with them.
• Ezekiel 25:5 — And I will make Rabbah a stable (לִנְוֵ֣ה) for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezekiel 34:14 — I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold (נְוֵהֶ֑ם) be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
• Ezekiel 34:14 — I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold (בְּנָ֣וֶה), and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
• Hosea 9:13 — Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place (בְנָוֶ֑ה): but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
• Zephaniah 2:6 — And the sea coast shall be dwellings (נְוֹ֛ת) and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.