Nazirite
naz'-i-rit (nazir, connected with nadhar, "to vow"; nazeir, nazeiraios, as also various words indicating "holiness" or "devotion"; the King James Version, Nazarite):1. Antiquity...
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Neah
ne'-a (ha-ne`ah, "the neah"; Annoua): A town in the lot of Zebulun (Jos 19:13), mentioned along with Gath-hepher and Rimmon. It is possibly identical with "Neiel" (Jos 19:27). N...
Neapolis
ne-ap'-o-lis (Neapolis; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek, Nea Polis): A town on the northern shore the Aegean, originally belonging to Thrace but later falling with...
Near, Nigh
ner, ni (chiefly qarobh, "to draw near," qarabh; eggus): Used of proximity in place (Ge 19:20;45:10;Ex 13:17;Ps 22:11;Joh 3:23, etc.), time (Jer 48:16;Eze 7:7;30:3;Mr 13:28), or...
Neariah
ne-a-ri'-a (ne`aryah):(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:22f).(2) A descendant of Simeon (1Ch 4:42).In both instances the Septuagint reads "Noadiah."
Nebai
ne'-bi, ne-ba'-i, neb'-a-i (nebhay).SeeNOBAI.
Nebaioth
ne-ba'-yoth, ne-bi'-oth (nabhayoth; Septuagint Nabaioth): Firstborn of Ishmael (Ge 25:13;28:9;36:3;1Ch 1:29).Isa 60:7mentions the tribe Nebaioth with Kedar, with an allusion to ...
Neballat
ne-bal'-at (nebhallaT; Naballat): A town occupied by the Benjamites after the exile, named along with Lod and Ono (Ne 11:34). It is represented by the modern Belt Nebala, 4 mile...
Nebat
ne'-bat (nebhaT): Father of Jeroboam I (1Ki 11:26, and frequently elsewhere). The name occurs only in the phrase "Jeroboam the son of Nebat," and is evidently intended to distin...
Nebo (1)
ne'-bo (nebho; Assyrian Nabu): The Babylonian god of literature and science. In the Babylonian mythology he is represented as the son and interpreter of Bel-merodach (compareIsa...
Nebo (2)
(nebho; Nabau):(1) This town is named inNu 32:3between Sebam and Beon (which latter evidently represents Baal-meon of 32:38), after Heshbon and Elealeh, as among the cities assi...
Nebo, Mount
(har nebho; Nabau): A mountain in the land of Moab which Moses ascended at the command of God in order that he might see the Land of Promise which he was never to enter. There a...
Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
neb-u-kad-nez'-ar, -rez'-ar: Nebuchadnezzar, the second king of Babylon of that name, is best known as the king who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried the people ...
Nebushazban
neb-u-shaz'-ban (nebhushazebhan equals Assyrian Nabusezib-anni, "Nebo delivers me"; the King James Version Nebushasban): An important officer (the Rab-saris, chief captain or "c...
Nebuzaradan
neb-u-zar-a'-dan, -zar'-a-dan (nebhuzar'adhan equals Assyrian Nabu-zara-iddina, "Nebo has given seed"; Nebouzardan): Nebuchadnezzar's general at the siege of Jerusalem (2Ki 25:8...
Necho; Nechoh
ne'-ko.See PHARAOH-NECOH.
Neck
nek (tsawwar, tsawwa'r, tsawwaron, tsawwa'rah, Aramaic tsawwar (Da 5:7,16,29), `oreph, miphreqeth (1Sa 4:18); nostos, "back" (Baruch 2:33); occasionally the words garon (Isa 3:1...
Necklace
nek'-las (rabhidh, "chain"): A neck-chain ornament, worn either separately (Eze 16:11), or with pendants (Isa 3:19), such as crescents (Isa 3:18) or rings (Ge 38:25); sometimes ...
Neco
ne'-ko (nekho (2Ch 35:22;36:4))., "chain"): A neck-chain ornament, worn either separately (Eze 16:11), or with pendants (Isa 3:19), such as crescents (Isa 3:18) or rings (Ge 38:...
Necodan
ne-ko'-dan.SeeNEKODA.
Necromancy
nek'-ro-man-si.See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT.
Nedabiah
ned-a-bi'-a (nedhabhyah): A descendant of David (1Ch 3:18).
Needle
ne'-d'-l (rhaphis): The word "needle" occurs only 3 times, namely, in the reference to Christ's use of the proverb: "It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than ...
Needlework
ne'-d'-l-wurk.SeeEMBROIDERY.
Needy
ned'-i ('ebhyon).SeePOOR.
Neesing
ne'-zing (Job 41:18, the King James Version, the English Revised Version "by his neesings a light doth shine," the American Standard Revised Version "sneezings"): "Neese" in Eli...
Negeb
neg'-eb (ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence, in the ...