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Sheath

נָדָןStrong’s H5084

nadan (na-dan)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Nadan is the Hebrew word usually translated “sheath its”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.”
1 Chronicles 21:27 KJV
Meaning
  1. Sheath
How it's translated
  • sheath its 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    נָדָן nadan · sheath

    sheath Aramaic equivalent: nid.neh (נִדְנֵ֑ה "sheath" H5085)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “sheath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SHEATH, noun

    1. A case for the reception of a sword or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
    2. In botany, a membrane investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
    3. Any thin covering for defense; the wing-case of an insect.
    All definitions and other forms of “sheath”

      SHEATH, verb transitive

        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.