To bubble
נָבַעStrong’s H5042nava (na-va)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nava is the Hebrew word usually translated “it pours forth”, “pour forth” and “may they pour forth”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.”
Meaning
- To flow, pour out, pour, gush forth, spring, bubble up, ferment(Qal) to flow · (Hiphil) to pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth
How it's translated
- it pours forth 3
- they pour forth 2
- i will pour forth 1
- may they pour forth 1
- they will pour forth 1
- i will pour out 1
- flowing 1
- it ferments 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 4
- Ecclesiastes 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
- Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
- Psalms 94:4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
- Psalms 119:171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
- Psalms 145:7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
- Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Hebrew dictionary
נָבַע nava · to bubble
1) to flow, pour out, pour, gush forth, spring, bubble up, ferment 1a) (Qal) to flow 1b)(Hiphil) to pour out, emit, cause to bubble, belch forth 1b1) to pour out 1b2) to cause to bubble, ferment 1b3) to pour forth, emit, belch forth
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bubble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BUB'BLE, noun
- A small bladder or vesicle of water or other fluid inflated with air.
- Any thing that wants firmness or solidity; a vain project; that which is more specious than real.
- A delusive scheme of speculation; an empty project to raise money or imaginary grounds; as the South Sea bubble
- A person deceived by an empty project.
All definitions and other forms of “bubble”
BUB'BLE, verb intransitive
To rise in bubbles, as liquors when boiling or agitated.
- To run with a gurgling noise; as a bubbling stream.
BUB'BLE, verb transitive
To cheat; to deceive or impose on.
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.