נְאֻם neum
Hebrew word for “utterance” · Strong’s H5002 · used 376 times in 358 verses
Meaning
1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet);
How it is translated
Glosses given for neum in context, with how often each is used:
- utterance 376
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 176 | 8.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 85 | 4.5 | |
| Isaiah | 25 | 1.5 | |
| Amos | 21 | 10.3 | |
| Zechariah | 20 | 6.4 | |
| Haggai | 12 | 20.0 | |
| Numbers | 7 | 0.4 | |
| Zephaniah | 5 | 6.5 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 4 | 1.7 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 |
Also in 9 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 23 (15), Jeremiah 31 (14), Jeremiah 49 (12), Jeremiah 48 (9), Ezekiel 16 (9), Jeremiah 50 (8), Jeremiah 51 (8), Jeremiah 3 (7), Amos 4 (7), Jeremiah 2 (6)
Forms
- נאם 372
- ונאם 3
- נאום 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with neum more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 94
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 94
- אֲנִי ani “I” 63
- כֵּן ken “so” 45
- צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 39
- אִם im “if” 35
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 34
- הֵן hen “look!” 25
- עוֹד od “still” 27
- אֵת et “with” 31
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 27
- כֶם khem “you” 24
Key verses
The verses using neum that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be…
- Psalms 110:1 — [A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
- Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
- Isaiah 41:14 — Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the…
- Isaiah 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a…
- Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
- Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
- Jeremiah 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write…
- Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
- Zechariah 1:4 — Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil…
- Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.