King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4998
Transliteration: naah
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be comely or befitting
Meaning: to be at home, to be pleasant, beautiful
Word Summary
naah: to be comely or befitting
Original Word: נָאָהTransliteration: naah
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-aw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be comely or befitting
Meaning: to be at home, to be pleasant, beautiful
Strong's Concordance
be beautiful, become, be comely A primitive root; properly, to be at home, i.e. (by implication) to be pleasant (or suitable), i.e. Beautiful -- be beautiful, become, be comely.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4998. naah
[נָאָה] verb only
Pi`lel be comely, befitting (Thes Ol§ 251 a, 187 a Sta§ 416 b Ges§ 2. R. 4 SS BaePsalm 33:1 > AE Ki HartmPlurilit.-bildungen (1875) 13 ff. NöZMG xxx. 1876, 185 Now Hup31:1. 93, 5 Buhl
Niph`al √ I. אוה desire, i.e. desirable, beautiful; Late Hebrew נאה Pi`el Hithpa`el; נוֺאִי ᵑ7 beauty); —
Pi`lel Perfect נַאֲוָה Psalm 93:5 (so van d. H Ginsb; Masora Baer Deon the passage נָָֽאֲוָה = נָאוָה see נָאוֶה
adjective, but see Sta§ 155. b. n); נָאווּ Isaiah 52:7; Song of Solomon 1:10 (on form compare Gesl.c.); —
1 be comely; of feet of messenger, (figurative) Isaiah 52:7; of cheeks Song of Solomon 1:10.
2 be befitting: נ קֹֿדֶשׁ׳לְבֵיתְךָ Psalm 93:5.