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H5210 נִינְוֵה (Nîynᵉvêh) nee-nev-ay'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria

KJV Usage: Nineveh

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נִינְוֵה (nin.veh) — Nineveh.

§ Nineveh = "abode of Ninus" capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria; located on the east bank of the Tigris river, 550 miles (880 km) from its mouth and 250 miles (400 km) north of Babylon

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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Names of Locations

Nineveh = town; ◄ located in northern Mesopotamia near Mosul on the east bank of the Tigris; ► built by Nimrod after the flood; ancient capital of Assyria, preached against by the prophet Jonah

GEN 10:11 · GEN 10:12 · 2KI 19:36 · ISA 37:37 · JON 1:2 · JON 3:2 · JON 3:3 · JON 3:3 · JON 3:4 · JON 3:5 · JON 3:6 · JON 3:7 · JON 4:11 · NAM 1:1 · NAM 2:9 · NAM 3:7 · ZEP 2:13

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נִינְוֵה n.pr.loc. Nineveh, capital of Assyria base

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