Nabal
Foolish, a descendant of Caleb who dwelt at Maon (1 Sam. 25), the modern Main, 7 miles south-east of Hebron. He was “very great, and he had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats...but the man was churlish and …
Naboth
Fruits, “the Jezreelite,” was the owner of a portion of ground on the eastern slope of the hill of Jezreel (2 Kings 9:25, 26). This small “plat of ground” seems to have been all he possessed. It was …
Nabuchodonosor
[Nebuchadnezzar, Or Nebuchadrezzar]
Nachon,
NA'CHON, the threshing-floor by which Uzzah died, 2 Sam 6:6; called Perez-uzzah and Chidon in 1 Chr 13:9, 1 Chr 13:11. It was between Kirjath-jearim and Jerusalem.
Nachons
(prepared) threshing floor, the place at which the ark had arrived in its progress from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem, when Uzzah lost his life in his too-hasty zeal for its safety. (2 Samuel 6:6) (B.C…
Nachor,
NA'CHOR, Josh 24:2. The name of Abraham's grandfather. Gen 11:23. One of Abraham's brothers, Gen 11:26, who married Milcah, the daughter of Haran. Gen 11:29. He lived at Haran, which is thence called…
Nadab
Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were consecrated as priests of Jehovah (Ex. 28:1). He afterwards perished with Abih…
Naggai
(illuminating), the true form of Nagge, (Luke 3:25) and so given in the Revised Version.
Nagge
Illuminating, one of the ancestors of Christ in the maternal line (Luke 3:25).
Nahalal
NA'HALAL, NAHAL'LAL, (pasture), a town in Zebulun belonging to the Levites. Josh 19:15; Josh 21:35; Jud 1:30; one Hebrew manuscript in Josh 21:35 reads Mahalal. It has been identified with Malul and …
Nahalal, Nahallal, And Nahalol
NA'HALAL, NAHAL'LAL, and NA'HALOL (pasture), a town in Zebulun belonging to the Levites. Josh 19:15; Josh 21:35; Jud 1:30; one Hebrew manuscript in Josh 21:35 reads Mahalal. It has been identified wi…
Nahalal, Or Nahalal
(pasture), one of the cities of Zebulun, given with its “suburbs” to the Merarite Levites. (Joshua 21:35) It is the same which in (Joshua 19:15) is inaccurately given in the Authorized Version as Nah…
Nahaliel
Possession, or valley of God, one of the encampments of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 21:19), on the confines of Moab. This is identified with the ravine of the Zerka M’ain, the ancient Call…
Nahallal
Pasture, a city in Zebulun on the border of Issachar (Josh. 19:15), the same as Nahalol (Judg. 1:30). It was given to the Levites. It has been by some identified with Malul in the plain of Esdraelon,…
Nahalol.
NA'HALOL. Jud 1:30. See Nahalal.
Naham
(consolation), the brother of Modiah or Jehudiah, wife of Ezra. (1 Chronicles 4:19)
Nahamaai
(merciful), a chief man among those who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. (Nehemiah 7:7) (B.C. 536.)
Nahamani
NAHAM'ANI (compassionate), one who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon. Neh 7:7.
Naharai,
NAHAR'AI, or NA'HARI (snorer), Joab's armor-bearer. 1 Chr 11:39; 2 Sam 23:37.
Nahari
The same as Naharai. (2 Samuel 23:37) In the Authorized Version of 1611 the name is printed “Naharai the Berothite.”
Nahash
Serpent. (1.) King of the Ammonites in the time of Saul. The inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead having been exposed to great danger from Nahash, sent messengers to Gibeah to inform Saul of their extremity.…
Nahath
Rest. (1.) One of the four sons of Reuel, the son of Esau (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) A Kohathite Levite (1 Chr. 6:26). (3.) A Levite, one of the overseers of the sacred offerings of the temple (2 Chr. 31…
Nahaxiel
NAHAXIEL (valley of God), a station of the Israelites, Num 21:19, between Mattanah and Bamoth, and probably in a valley of one of the chief northern tributaries of the Arnon.
Nahbi
Hidden, one of the twelve spies sent out to explore the land of Canaan (Num. 13:14).
Nahor
Snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, …
Nahshon
Sorcerer, the son of Aminadab, and prince of the children of Judah at the time of the first numbering of the tribes in the wilderness (Ex. 6:23). His sister Elisheba was the wife of Aaron. He died in…
Nahshon, Or Naashon
(enchanter) son of Amminadab, and prince of the children of Judah (as he is styled in the genealogy of Judah,) (1 Chronicles 2:10) at the time of the first numbering in the wilderness. (Exodus 6:23; …
Nahum
Consolation, the seventh of the so-called minor prophets, an Elkoshite. All we know of him is recorded in the book of his prophecies. He was probably a native of Galilee, and after the deportation of…
Nahum, Book Of
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, however, think that his prophecies are to be referred to the latter half of the reign of Hezekiah (about…
Nail.
NAIL. 1. of the finger - The direction, Deut 21:12, in regard to the treatment of the captive woman's nails is translated in the text of the A.V. "pare her nails;" in the margin, "suffer to grow." Th…