נֹאNôʼ
No (i.e. Thebes), the capital of Upper Egypt
Pronunciation: no · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4996
Meanings
proper name [of a location]: No = Thebes, It lay on the right bank of the Nile, approximately 400 miles (by the river) south of Memphis (Jeremiah 46:25; Nahum 3:8; Ezekiel 30:14; Ezekiel 30:16; Ezekiel 30:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Jeremiah 46:25 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes, and all the other gods of Egypt. I will punish its rulers and Pharaoh, too, and all who trust in him.
- Ezekiel 30:14 I will destroy southern Egypt, set fire to Zoan, and bring judgment against Thebes.
- Ezekiel 30:15 I will pour out my fury on Pelusium, the strongest fortress of Egypt, and I will stamp out the hordes of Thebes.
- Ezekiel 30:16 Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt! Pelusium will be racked with pain; Thebes will be torn apart; Memphis will live in constant terror.
- Nahum 3:8 Are you any better than the city of Thebes, situated on the Nile River, surrounded by water? She was protected by the river on all sides, walled in by water.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).