BDB5004
II. [נָדָן] noun [masculine] sheath (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic נִדְנָא ( ᵑ7 Talmud); Persian loan-word NöGGA, 1884, 1022); — וַיָּשֶׁב חַדְבּוֺ אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ׃ 1Chr 21:27.
Strong's Lexicon
H5084
H5084 — נָדָן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H5084 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נָדָן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | of uncertain derivation |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | nadan |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | naw-dawn' |
| Meaning: | 1. a sheath (of a sword) |
| KJV Renderings: | sheath. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9695
נִדְנֵ֑ה (Masora Baer) noun [masculine] sheath ( ᵑ7 נְדָן, לְדָן; see Biblical Hebrew (late) נָדָן, Persian loan-word); — ׳ בְּ֗֗֗נ Dan 7:15 my spirit in (its) sheath, i.e. my body; < נִדְנָה emphatic, or suffix נִדְנַהּ (K§ 54, 3. β)); or (NöGGA. 1884, 1022 Bev) נְדָנַהּ; but expression at best strange; read probably בְּגִין דְּנָה on account of this (בְּגִין as ᵑ7 j ; D§ 47. 3 (2nd ed. 47. 10)), M72* compare Buhl Dr.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke