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נָוֶה

na.veh

pasture

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Strong’s H5116aNoun, masculine34 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

habitation5

pasture4

the habitation of4

pastureland4

a habitation of3

the abode of2

estate2

a habitation2

In the text

2 Samuel 7:8הַנָּוֶה
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.
Job 5:3נָוֵהוּ
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Proverbs 3:33וּנְוֵה
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Isaiah 27:10נָוֶה
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.
Jeremiah 10:25נָוֵהוּ
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.
Ezekiel 25:5לִנְוֵה
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נָוֶה n.m. abode of shepherd, or flocks, poet. habitation

1.

a. abode, of sheep

b. abode of shepherds

c. = meadow

2. habitation, usu. of country, or of domains in the country (chiefly poet.)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.