Word Study · Strong's H5011 · Hebrew
נֹב
Nob
nobe
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nôb
“Nob, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nob, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Nob.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- נֹ֔בֶה2
- בְּנֹ֑ב1
- בְּנֹ֣ב1
- נֹ֤ב1
- נֹ֖ב1
How it is rendered · 4
- Nob2
- Nob towards2
- [were] at Nob1
- at Nob1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 2
- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 21:1נֹ֔בֶהnoehproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”here: Nob towards
- 1 Samuel 22:9נֹ֔בֶהnoehproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.here: Nob towards
- 1 Samuel 22:11בְּנֹ֑בbenopreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the king sent messengers to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and his father’s whole family, who were priests at Nob. And all of them came to the king.here: [were] at Nob
- 1 Samuel 22:19נֹ֤בnoproper noun (a name)He also put to the sword Nob, the city of the priests, with its men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.here: Nob