Navav נָבַב
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| נָבַב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | navav |
| Strong's number | H5014 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be hollow |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (2) |
Navav (Hebrew נָבַב, Strong's H5014) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be hollow”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) (Qal) to hollow out
1a) hollowed (participle)
1a) hollowed (participle)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hollow (3), vain (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | it is hollow (1), it was hollow (1), witless (1), was hollow (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Navav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 27:8Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
- Exodus 38:7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.Then he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar for carrying it. He made the altar with boards so that it was hollow.
Job
- Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 52:21And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
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).