נָוֶה naveh

Hebrew word for “pasture” · Strong’s H5116 · used 35 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

1) abode, habitation, abode of shepherds or flocks, pasture; 1a) abode (of sheep); 1b) abode (of shepherds); 1c) meadow; 1d) habitation

Senses in the lexicon

• pasture (34)
• dwelling (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for naveh in context, with how often each is used:

• habitation 14
• pasture 7
• pastureland 7
• abode 3
• estate 2
• pastures 1
• beautiful woman 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 50 (4), Job 5 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), Exodus 15 (1), 2 Samuel 7 (1), 2 Samuel 15 (1), 1 Chronicles 17 (1), Job 8 (1), Job 18 (1), Psalms 68 (1)

Forms

• נוה 10
• נוהו 7
• בנוה 5
• לנוה 3
• הנוה 2
• נות 2
• נוהם 2
• נוך 1
• ונוה 1
• נוהן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with naveh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צֹאן tson “flock” 9
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 7
• רֵבֶץ revets “rest” 3
• שָׁמֵם shamem “be desolate” 4
• רָבַץ ravats “to stretch” 3
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 5
• סָחַב sachav “to drag” 2
• אֲנִי ani “I” 5
• צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 3
• שַׁאֲנָן shaanan “secure” 2
• כֹּה koh “thus” 4
• אֵיתָן etan “strong” 2

Key verses

The verses using naveh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 2 Samuel 7:8 — Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over…
• 2 Samuel 15:25 — And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both…
• Job 18:15 — It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
• Isaiah 27:10 — Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and…
• Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and…
• Jeremiah 10:25 — Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and…
• Jeremiah 23:3 — And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful…
• Jeremiah 25:30 — Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he…
• Jeremiah 31:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again…
• Jeremiah 49:19 — Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who…
• Jeremiah 50:7 — All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even…
• Jeremiah 50:19 — And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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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.