Lovely
נָאוֶהStrong’s H5000naeh (na-eh)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naeh is the Hebrew word usually translated “suitable”, “lovely” and “fitting”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.”
Meaning
- Comely, beautiful, seemlycomely, beautiful · seemly
How it's translated
- suitable 3
- lovely 3
- fitting 2
- and lovely 1
- the beautiful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Song of Solomon 4
- Proverbs 3
- Psalms 2
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 147:1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
- Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- Proverbs 19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- Proverbs 26:1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- Song of Solomon 1:5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
- Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Hebrew dictionary
נָאוֶה naeh · lovely
1) comely, beautiful, seemly 1a) comely, beautiful 1b) seemly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lovely” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOVELY, adjective
luv'ly. Amiable; that may excite love; possessing qualities which may invite affection.
- “Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives -” 2 Samuel 1:23
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.