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נֹהַּStrong’s H5089

noah (no-ah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Noah is the Hebrew word usually translated “distinction”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.”
Ezekiel 7:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Eminency, distinction
How it's translated
  • distinction 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    נֹהַּ noah · eminency

    eminency, distinction

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    DISTINCTION, noun

    [Latin]

    1. The act of separating or distinguishing.
    2. A note or mark of difference. [Seldom used.]
    3. Difference made; a separation or disagreement in kind or qualities, by which one thing is known from another.
    4. Difference regarded; separation; preference; as in the phrase, without distinction which denotes promiscuously, all together, alike.
    All definitions
    1. Separation; division; as the distinction of tragedy into acts.
    2. Notation of difference; discrimination; as a distinction between real and apparent good.
    3. Eminence; superiority; elevation of rank in society, or elevation of character; honorable estimation.
    4. That which confers eminence or superiority; office, rank or public favor.
    5. Discernment; judgment.

    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.