Naah נָוָה
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| נָוָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | naah |
| Strong's number | H4999 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | habitation |
| Occurrences | 12 in 12 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (4) |
Naah (Hebrew נָוָה, Strong's H4999) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “habitation”. It occurs 12 times in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) pasture, abode, abode of shepherd, habitation, meadow
1a) pasture, meadow
1b) abode
1a) pasture, meadow
1b) abode
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pastures (5), habitations (5), houses (1), places (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pastures (8), pasture (1), meadows (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Naah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 23:2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
- Psalm 65:12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.
- Psalm 74:20Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
- Psalm 83:12Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.who said, “Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God.”
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
- Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
- Jeremiah 25:37And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord.The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 2:2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
Joel
- Joel 1:19O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
- Joel 1:20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
Amos
- Amos 1:2And he said, The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).