Nob
נֹבStrong’s H5011nov
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nov is the Hebrew word usually translated “nob towards”, “at nob” and “nob”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?”
Meaning
- § Nob = "high place"
How it's translated
- nob towards 2
- at nob 2
- nob 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Samuel 4
- Nehemiah 1
- Isaiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 22:9Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
- 1 Samuel 22:19And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- Nehemiah 11:32And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
- Isaiah 10:32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
Hebrew dictionary
נֹב nov · Nob
§ Nob = "high place" a priestly city in the Benjamin situated on some eminence north but near Jerusalem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.