King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H5116
Transliteration: naveh
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-veh')
Part of Speech: noun masculine; Adjective
Short Definition: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Meaning: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Word Summary
naveh: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Original Word: נָוֶהTransliteration: naveh
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-veh')
Part of Speech: noun masculine; Adjective
Short Definition: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Meaning: abode of shepherd or flocks, habitation
Strong's Concordance
comely, dwelling place, fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarriedOr (feminine) navah {naw-vaw'}; from navah; (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den) -- comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.
see HEBREW navah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5116. naveh
I. נָוֶה noun masculineIsaiah 27:10 abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation; — absolute 27:10 +; construct נְוֵה Exodus 15:13 +; נְוַת Job 8:6 (as if from נָוָה; or read נְוֵה ?); suffix נָָֽוְךָ 5:24, נָוֵ֫הוּ 2 Samuel 15:25 +, נְוֵהֶם Jeremiah 49:20; Ezekiel 34:14 (compare Sta§ 351 c.), נְוֵהֶן Jeremiah 23:3 (so Baer Ginsb; נְוֵיהֶן van d. H., plural according to Köii, 1, p. 77); —
1. a. adode, of sheep 2 Samuel 7:8 ("" הַצּאֹן מֵאַחַר) = 1 Chronicles 17:1; Isaiah 65:10 ("" רָבַץ); of people under figure of sheep Jeremiah 23:3; 49:20 = 50:45, 19; Ezekiel 34:14 (twice in verse) ("" מִרְעֶה רָבַץ,); of camels 25:5 ("" צאֹן מִרְבַּץ).
b. adode of shepherds Jeremiah 33:12 (+ צאֹן מַרְבִּיצִים).
c. = meadow, in figure of Ephraim planted (שָׁתוּל) as tree Hosea 9:13.
2 habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry), Job 5:3; 8:6 (צִדְקֶ֑ךָ נְוַת, see above), Proverbs 21:20; "" אֹהֶל Job 5:24; 18:15; "" בַּיִת Proverbs 3:33; "" רֵבֶץ 24:15; of ׳י in Canaan 2 Samuel 15:25; of Can. as place of ׳יs sanctuary, ׳נ קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Exodus 15:13; figurative of ׳י himself, ׳נ צֶדֶק Jeremiah 50:7; habit. of nation 10:25; 25:30; Isaiah 32:18 (׳נ שָׁלוֺם), Psalm 79:7; = city Isaiah 27:10, especially Jerusalem 33:20 (׳נ שַׁאֲנָן, "" אֹהֶל); ׳נ אֵיתָן Jeremiah 49:19 (figurative of Edom) = 50:44 (of Babylonian ); of land of Israel, ׳נ צֶדֶק 31:23 ("" הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַר). Twice of habitation of jackals Isaiah 34:13; 35:7 (both "" חָצִיר).
II. [נָוֶה] adjective dwelling, abiding; — only (si vera lectio) בַּיִת נְוַת Psalm 68:13 she that is adiding at home. — נָוָה Jeremiah 6:2 see נָאוֶה below [נָאָה].