Nimrim, Waters Of
The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab (Isa. 15:6; Jer. 48:34); probably the modern Wady en-Nemeirah, a rich, verdant spot at the south-eastern end of the Dead Sea.
Nimrod
Firm, a descendant of Cush, the son of Ham. He was the first who claimed to be a “mighty one in the earth.” Babel was the beginning of his kingdom, which he gradually enlarged (Gen. 10:8-10). The “la…
Nimshi
Saved. Jehu was “the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi” (2 Kings 9:2; comp. 1 Kings 19:16).
Nineveh
First mentioned in Gen. 10:11, which is rendered in the Revised Version, “He [i.e., Nimrod] went forth into Assyria and builded Nineveh.” It is not again noticed till the days of Jonah, when it is de…
Ninevites,
NIN'EVITES, the inhabitants of Nineveh. Luke 11:30.
Nisan.
NI'SAN. Neh 2:1. See Month.
Nisroch
Probably connected with the Hebrew word nesher, an eagle. An Assyrian god, supposed to be that represented with the head of an eagle. Sennacherib was killed in the temple of this idol (2 Kings 19:37;…
Nitre,
NI'TRE, an earthy alkaline salt, resembling and used like soap, which, separating from the bottom of the lake Natron, in Egypt, and rising to the top, is condensed by the heat of the sun into a dry a…
No-adiah
(whom Jehovah meets).
No-amon
(temple of Amon) (Nahum 3:8) No, (Jeremiah 46:25; Ezekiel 30:14,16) a city of Egypt, better known under the name of Thebes or Diospolis Magna, the ancient and splendid metropolis of upper Egypt The s…
No.
NO. See No-amon.
Noadiah
Meeting with the Lord. (1.) A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezra 8:33). (2.) A false prophetess who assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Neh. 6:14). Being bribed by them, she tried to …
Noah
Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s…
Nob
High place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David’s wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1). Here the tabernacle was then standing, and here Ahimelech the priest resided. (See AHIMELECH.) F…
Nobah
Howling. (1.) Num. 32:42. (2.) The name given to Kenath (q.v.) by Nobah when he conquered it. It was on the east of Gilead (Judg. 8:11).
Nobleman,
NO'BLEMAN, perhaps an officer in the court of Herod. He came to Christ to entreat him to heal his child, who was at the point of death. John 4:46-54. He believed Christ's words. "Thy son liveth," and…
Nod
Exile; wandering; unrest, a name given to the country to which Cain fled (Gen. 4:16). It lay on the east of Eden.
Nodab
Noble, probably a tribe descended from one of the sons of Ishmael, with whom the trans-Jordanic tribes made war (1 Chr. 5:19).
Noe
same as Noah
Nogah
Splendour, one of David’s sons, born at Jerusalem (1 Chr. 3:7).
Noha
rest; a guide
Nohah
(rest), the fourth son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:2)
Noisome
NOI'SOME (Old French noiser,"to hurt") is used in the A.V. in the sense of "baneful." Ps 91:3; Eze 14:21.
Non
(fish). Nun, the father of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:27)
Noph,
NOPH, a city of Egypt. Isa 19:13; Jer 2:16; Eze 30:13, Eze 30:16; Hos 9:6. See Memphis.
Nopha
(blast), a place mentioned only in (Numbers 21:30) in the remarkable song apparently composed by the Amorites after their conquest of Heshbon from the Moabites, and therefore of an earlier date than …
Nophah
Blast, a city of Moab which was occupied by the Amorites (Num. 21:30).
North Country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Palestine from the north (Isa. 41:25; Jer. 1:14, 15; 50:3, 9, 41; 51:48; Ezek. 26:7).
Northward
(Heb. tsaphon), a “hidden” or “dark place,” as opposed to the sunny south (Deut. 3:27). A Hebrew in speaking of the points of the compass was considered as always having his face to the east, and hen…
Nose-jewel
(Genesis 24:22; Exodus 35:22) “earing;” (Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12) “jewel on the forehead,” a ring of metal, sometimes of gold or silver, passed usually through the right nostril, and worn by way o…