נָאוֶהnâʼveh
comely, seemly
Pronunciation: naw-veh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5000
Meanings
1. comely, beautiful (Song of Solomon 1:5; Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 2:14)
2. seemly (Psalms 33:1; Psalms 147:1; Proverbs 17:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 33:1 Let the godly sing for joy to the Lord; it is fitting for the pure to praise him.
- Psalms 147:1 Praise the Lord! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting!
- Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler.
- Proverbs 19:10 It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!
- Proverbs 26:1 Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest.
- Song of Solomon 1:5 I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
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).