Occurrences
Nâʻîym occurs 13 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (2), Job (1), Psalms (6), Proverbs (3), Song of Songs (1)
- 2 Samuel 1:23 — Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant (וְהַנְּעִימִם֙) in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
- 2 Samuel 23:1 — Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet (וּנְעִ֖ים) psalmist of Israel, said,
- Job 36:11 — If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures (בַּנְּעִימִֽים).
- Psalms 16:6 — The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant (בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים) places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- Psalms 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures (נְעִמ֖וֹת) for evermore.
- Psalms 81:2 — Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant (נָעִ֣ים) harp with the psaltery.
- Psalms 133:1 — Behold, how good and how pleasant (נָּעִ֑ים) it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
- Psalms 135:3 — Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant (נָעִֽים).
- Psalms 147:1 — Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant (נָ֝עִים); and praise is comely.
- Proverbs 22:18 — For it is a pleasant (נָ֭עִים) thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- Proverbs 23:8 — The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet (הַנְּעִימִֽים) words.
- Proverbs 24:4 — And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant (וְנָעִֽים) riches.
- Song of Songs 1:16 — Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant (נָעִ֔ים): also our bed is green.