H4999 - נָאָה (nâʼâh)

H4999 נָאָה (nâʼâh) naw-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

habitation

Strong's Definition

a home; figuratively, a pasture

Derivation: from H4998 (נָאָה);

KJV Usage: habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.

TWOT Reference: 1322a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pasture, abode, abode of shepherd, habitation, meadow

1a) pasture, meadow

1b) abode

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3542 G3624 G5117 G5610 G5611 G3484

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) pasture, abode, abode of shepherd, habitation, meadow 1a) pasture, meadow 1b) abode

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָאָה nââh BDB Definition: 1) pasture, abode, abode of shepherd, habitation, meadow 1a) pasture, meadow 1b) abode Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H4998 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1322a Total KJV Occurrences: 12

Bible Occurrences (10)

23:2 65:12 83:12

9:10 23:10 25:37

1:19 1:20 2:22

1:2

Jeremiah 9:10

I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land... is full of adulterers — because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up — their course is evil and their power is misused....

Jeremiah 25:37

The peaceful meadows have been silenced because of the LORD’s burning anger....

Joel 1:19

To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

Joel 2:22

Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

Amos 1:2

He said: The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.