נֹגַהּnôgahh
brightness (Habakkuk 3:4; Amos 5:10; Isaiah 4:5; Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15)
Pronunciation: no'-gah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5051
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 22:13 A great brightness shone around him, and burning coals blazed forth.
- 2 Samuel 23:4 is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.’
- Psalms 18:12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him and rained down hail and burning coals.
- Proverbs 4:18 The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
- Isaiah 4:5 Then the Lord will provide shade for Mount Zion and all who assemble there. He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day and smoke and flaming fire at night, covering the glorious land.
- Isaiah 50:10 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God.
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).