Strong's Lexicon

H4996

H4996 — נוֹא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewNoName/l.Occurrences: 5

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4996
Word:נוֹא
Part of Speech:Name/l.
Etymology:of Egyptian origin
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:5
Transliteration:No
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:no
Meaning:1. No (i.e. Thebes), the capital of Upper Egypt
KJV Renderings:No.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4910

נֹא proper name [of a location] No = Thebes (Egyptian nt , city, i.e. probably n¢(t) , see SteindBAS i. 596 f.; Assyrian Ni-°u, Ni-i° DlPar 318 Steindl.c. SchrCOT gloss.; Tel Amarna (Ni-i) WklTel Am. 39 * BezTel Am. in BM 153); — הִנְנִי פוֺקֵד אֶלאָֿמוֺן מִנּאֹ Jer 46:25 Amon from (of, ᵐ5 ἐν = בְּ) No; נאֹ אָמוֺן Nah 3:8 No of Amon (= city of god Ammon, = ᵐ5 Διόσπολις Ezek 30:14; Ezek 30:16 Steindl.c.; see also Jerem . and BillerbeckBAS iii.104 f.); Ezek 30:14 (|| פַּתְרוֺס, צֹ֫עַן), וְהִכְרַתִּי אֶתהֲֿמוֺן נאֹ Ezek 30:15 (|| סִין; but ᵐ5 Co Berthol נֹף q. v. for נֹא) Ezek 30:16 (|| סִין, Co סון). It lay on the right bank of the Nile, approximately 400 miles (by the river) south of Memphis.


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