Noisome
noi'-sum (hawwah, ra`; kakos): "Noisome" from "annoy" (annoysome) has in Bible English the meaning of "evil," "hurtful," not of "offensive" or "loathsome." It is the translation...
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Non
non (non):1Ch 7:27the King James Version and the Revised Version margin.SeeNUN.
Nooma
no'-o-ma (Nooma, Codex Vaticanus Ooma; the King James Version Ethma): 1 Esdras 9:35 equals "Nebo" ofEzr 10:43, of which it is a corruption.
Noon; Noonday
noon, noon'-da (tsohorayim; mesembria): The word means light, splendor, brightness, and hence, the brightest part of the day (Ge 43:16,25;Ac 22:6).See alsoMIDDAY;DAY AND NIGHT;T...
Noph
nof (noph; inHo 9:6moph): A name for the Egyptian city Memphis (so the Septuagint), hence, thus rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (Isa 19:13;Jer 2:16;44:1;E...
Nophah
no'-fa (nophach; the Septuagint does not transliterate): A city mentioned only inNu 21:30(see NOBAH). Septuagint reads: kai hai gunaikes eti prosexekausan pur epi Moab, "and the...
North; North Country
north, (tsaphon, from tsaphan, "to hide," i.e. "the hidden," "the dark" (Gesenius); borrhas, boreas (Judith 16:4); septentrio (2 Esdras 15:43)): In addition to the many places w...
Northeast, Southeast
These words occur inAc 27:12, "if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and south-east." the Revised Version mar...
Nose-Jewels
noz-ju'-elz, -joo'-elz (nezem (probably from nazam, "muzzle") a "nose-ring," or "nose-jewel," so rendered inIsa 3:21; "jewel in a swine's snout,"Pr 11:22, the King James Version...
Nose; Nostrils
noz, nos'-trilz ('aph, "nose," nechirayim, dual of nechir, "nostrils"): The former expression ('aph from 'anph, like Arabic 'anf) is often translated "face" (which see under the...
Notable
no'-ta-b'-l (chazuth; gnostos): "Notable" is the translation of chazuth, "conspicuous" (chazah, "to see"), e.g.Da 8:5, "a notable horn," i.e. "conspicuous," the King James Versi...
Note
not (chaqaq, rasham; semeioo, episemos): "Note" (verb) is the translation of chaqaq, "to grave," "to inscribe," etc. (Isa 30:8, "note it in a book," the Revised Version (British...
Nothing
nuth'-ing (lo', lo' @me'umah, etc.; medeis, oudeis): "Nothing" is represented by various words and phrases, often with lo', which is properly a substantive with the meaning of "...
Nought
not (chinnam; katargeo) "Nought" is to be distinguished from "naught" implying "badness" (see NAUGHT). "Nought" in the sense of "nothing," etc., is the translation of chinnam, "...
Nourish
nur'-ish (giddel, chiyyah, kilkel, ribbah; trepho, anatrepho, ektrepho, entrepho): While the word "nourish" was ordinarily an appropriate rendering in the time of the King James...
Novice
nov'-is (neophutos, "newly planted"): In this sense it is found in Septuagint ofJob 14:9andIsa 5:7. In the New Testament it occurs once only (1Ti 3:6), where it means a person n...
Number
num'-ber:I. NUMBER AND ARITHMETICII. NOTATION OF NUMBERS1. By Words2. By Signs3. By LettersIII. NUMBERS IN OLD TESTAMENT HISTORYIV. ROUND NUMBERSV. SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS1. Seven a...
Number, Golden
SeeGOLDEN NUMBER.
Numbering
SeeDAVID;QUIRINIUS.
Numbers, Book Of
num'-berz:I. TITLE AND CONTENTS1. Title2. ContentsII. LITERARY STRUCTURE1. Alleged Grounds of Distribution2. Objections to Same(1) Hypothesis Unproved(2) Written Record Not Impo...
Numenius
nu-me'-ni-us (Noumenios): The son of Antiochus, and Antipater were the two ambassadors whom Jonathan sent to the Romans, "to the Spartans, and to other places," after his victor...
Nun (1)
noon ("n"): The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "n". It came also to be used for the number 50.See ALPHABET, for name, etc.
Nun (2)
nun (nun "fish," derivative meaning "fecundity"): Father of Joshua (referred to thus 29 t) (Ex 33:11;Nu 11:28, etc.;1Ch 7:27, margin "Non"; Sirach 46:1, margin "Nave").
Nurse; Nursing
nurs, nurs'-ing: "Nurse" in the King James Version represents two different Hebrew words: In 8 passages (Ge 24:59;35:8;Ex 2:7,9;2Ki 11:2;2Ch 22:11;Isa 49:23) the word--noun or v...
Nurture
nur'-tur: The word occurs in the King James Version inEph 6:4as the translation of paideia, but the Revised Version (British and American) changes to "chastening," and uses "nur...
Nuts
nuts:(1) ('eghoz; karua; Arabic jauz, "the walnut" (So 6:11)): This is certainly the walnut tree, Juglans regia, a native of Persia and the Himalayas which flourishes under favo...
Nymphas
nim'-fas (Numphas; Lachmann, Tregelles (margin), Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek read Numpha, the name of a woman (Col 4:15)):1. A Christian in Laodicea:A Christia...