Strong's Lexicon

H5000

H5000 — נָאוֶה

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

Hebrewna'vehadjectiveOccurrences: 9TWOT: 1271a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5000
Word:נָאוֶה
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H4998 or H5116
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:na'veh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:naw-veh'
Meaning:1. suitable, or beautiful
KJV Renderings:becometh, comely, seemly.

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נָאוֶה adjective comely, seemly; — ׳ נ masculine Song 2:14 + 3 t.; feminine נָאוָה Ps 33:1 + 4 t., נָוָה Jer 6:2

1. comely, beautiful, of woman Song 1:5; Song 6:4 (|| יָפָה) of face Song 2:14 (מַרְאֶה) so נָוָה Jer 6:2 (figurative of Jerusalem; || מְעֻנָּגָה); of mouth Song 4:3 (|| שְׂפָתוֺת).
2. seemly, of praise תְּהִלָּה Ps 33:1; Ps 147:1 subject שְׂפַתיֶֿתֶר Prov 17:7 (compare Song 4:3 ); תַּעֲנוּג Song 19:10 כָּבוֺד Song 26:1. So also Ps 93:5 Masora (anomalous feminine) see [נאה] above


נְאוֺת see II. [ נָוָה ] below II. נוה.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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