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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H5116

נָוֶה

navehnaw-veh'

pasture; dwelling

35 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nâveh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5116is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 26
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5116

(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)

The King James renders it: comely, dwelling (place), fold, habitation, pleasant place, sheepcote, stable, tarried.

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 "pasture; dwelling". It stands 35 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Eleven of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "pasture".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-six different ways.

The first use

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

Exodus 15:13נְוֵ֥ה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eleven of the word's thirty-five uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: pasture, and dwelling.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
pastureStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereExodus 15:13With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed…
dwellingStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • habitation his4
  • a habitation2
  • abode of2
  • in a habitation of2
  • in pastureland2
  • into a pasture of2
  • pastureland of2
  • pastureland their2
  • the pasture2
  • a habitation of1
  • and beautiful woman of1
  • and habitation of1

and 12 more, 35 uses in all

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 35, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

26 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

  • נְוֵ֣ה4
  • בִּנְוֵ֣ה2
  • הַנָּוֶ֔ה2
  • לִנְוֵ֣ה2
  • נְוֵה־2
  • נָוֵ֣הוּ2
  • נָוֵ֔הוּ2
  • בְנָוֶ֑ה1
  • בְּנָ֣וֶה1
  • בִּנְוֵ֤ה1
  • וּנְוֵ֖ה1
  • וּנְוַת1

and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular7HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6HR/Ncmsc
  • noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Aafsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2ms

Exodus

one use
  • With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

    Exodus 15:13

    • נְוֵ֥הnevehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: abode of

2 Samuel

two uses
  • Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

    2 Samuel 7:8

    • הַנָּוֶ֔הhanavehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the pasture
  • Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

    2 Samuel 15:25

    • נָוֵֽהוּ׃navehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: habitation his

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

    1 Chronicles 17:7

    • הַנָּוֶ֔הhanavehthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the pasture

Job

four uses
  • I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

    Job 5:3

    • נָוֵ֣הוּnavehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: habitation his
  • You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.

    Job 5:24

    • נָ֝וְךָnavekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: estate your
  • if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.

    Job 8:6

    • נְוַ֣תnevatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: abode of
  • Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

    Job 18:15

    • נָוֵ֣הוּnavehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: estate his

Psalms

two uses
  • “Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.

    Psalms 68:12

    • וּנְוַתunevatconjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and beautiful woman of
  • for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

    Psalms 79:7

    • נָוֵ֥הוּnavehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: habitation its

Proverbs

three uses
  • The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

    Proverbs 3:33

    • וּנְוֵ֖הunevehconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and habitation of
  • Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

    Proverbs 21:20

    • בִּנְוֵ֣הbinvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in habitation of
  • Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

    Proverbs 24:15

    • לִנְוֵ֣הlinvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to habitation of

Isaiah

six uses
  • For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

    Isaiah 27:10

    • נָוֶ֕הnavehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a habitation
  • Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.

    Isaiah 32:18

    • בִּנְוֵ֣הbinvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a habitation of
  • Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

    Isaiah 33:20

    • נָוֶ֣הnavehnoun · masculine singulartagged: a habitation
  • Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

    Isaiah 34:13

    • נְוֵ֣הnevehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a habitation of
  • The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.

    Isaiah 35:7

    • בִּנְוֵ֤הbinvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in a habitation of
  • Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

    Isaiah 65:10

    • לִנְוֵה־linveh-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a pasture of

Jeremiah

eleven uses
  • Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.

    Jeremiah 10:25

    • נָוֵ֖הוּnavehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: habitation his
  • Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.

    Jeremiah 23:3

    • נְוֵהֶ֖ןnevehennoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: pasture their
  • So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

    Jeremiah 25:30

    • נָוֵ֔הוּnavehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: habitation his
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’

    Jeremiah 31:23

    • נְוֵה־neveh-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O abode of
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

    Jeremiah 33:12

    • נְוֵ֣הnevehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pasture of
  • Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

    Jeremiah 49:19

    • נְוֵ֣הnevehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pastureland of
  • Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

    Jeremiah 49:20

    • נְוֵהֶֽם׃nevehemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: pastureland their
  • All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

    Jeremiah 50:7

    • נְוֵה־neveh-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: habitation of
  • I will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.

    Jeremiah 50:19

    • נָוֵ֔הוּnavehunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: pasture its
  • Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

    Jeremiah 50:44

    • נְוֵ֣הnevehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pastureland of
  • Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

    Jeremiah 50:45

    • נָוֶֽה׃navehnoun · masculine singulartagged: pastureland

Ezekiel

three uses
  • I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

    Ezekiel 25:5

    • לִנְוֵ֣הlinvehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a pasture of
  • I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

    Ezekiel 34:14

    • נְוֵהֶ֑םnevehemnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: pastureland their
    • בְּנָ֣וֶהbenavehpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in pastureland

Hosea

one use
  • I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

    Hosea 9:13

    • בְנָוֶ֑הvenavehpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in pastureland

Zephaniah

one use
  • So the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.

    Zephaniah 2:6

    • נְוֹ֛תnevotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pastures of

The letters

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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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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