Hebrew adjective · H5000
נָאוֶה
navehnaw-veh'
lovely
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nâʼveh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5000is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5000
suitable, or beautiful
The King James renders it: becometh, comely, seemly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
naveh is rendered "lovely". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Song of Solomon, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Psalms 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
Psalms 33:1נָאוָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in Song of Solomon.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lovely3
- suitable3
- fitting2
- and lovely1
- the beautiful1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- נָאוָ֥ה2
- הַנָּוָה֙1
- וְֽנָאוָ֔ה1
- נָאוֶ֣ה1
- נָאוֶ֖ה1
- נָאוֶ֑ה1
- נָאוָ֣ה1
- נָאוָ֖ה1
- נָאוֶֽה׃ ס1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · feminine singular4HAafsa
- adjective · masculine singular4HAamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular1HC/Aafsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1HTd/Aafsa
Psalms
two uses
Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
- נָאוָ֥הnavahadjective · feminine singulartagged: fitting
Hallelujah! How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and lovely to praise Him!
- נָאוָ֥הnavahadjective · feminine singulartagged: fitting
Proverbs
three uses
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- נָאוָ֣הnavahadjective · feminine singulartagged: suitable
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- נָאוֶ֣הnavehadjective · masculine singulartagged: suitable
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
- נָאוֶ֖הnavehadjective · masculine singulartagged: suitable
Song of Solomon
four uses
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- וְֽנָאוָ֔הvenavahconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: and lovely
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
- נָאוֶֽה׃ סnavehadjective · masculine singulartagged: lovely
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
- נָאוֶ֑הnavehadjective · masculine singulartagged: lovely
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
- נָאוָ֖הnavahadjective · feminine singulartagged: lovely
Jeremiah
one use
Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.
- הַנָּוָה֙hanavahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the beautiful
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.