נָוֶהnâveh
נָוֶה: abode of shepherd, or flocks, in poetry habitation
Pronunciation: naw-veh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5116
Meanings
1.
a. adode, of sheep (2 Samuel 7:8; 1 Chronicles 17:1; Isaiah 65:10)
b. adode of shepherds (Jeremiah 33:12)
c. = meadow (Hosea 9:13)
2. habitation, usually of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly in poetry) (Job 5:3; Job 8:6; Proverbs 21:20)
נָוֶה: dwelling, abiding (Psalms 68:13; Jeremiah 6:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 35 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 15:13 “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.
- 2 Samuel 7:8 “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:25 Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the Lord sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle again.
- 1 Chronicles 17:7 “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
- Job 5:3 I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.
- Job 5:24 You will know that your home is safe. When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing.
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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).