To bray
נָהַקStrong’s H5101nahaq (na-haq)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nahaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “does it bray” and “bray”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?”
Meaning
- (Qal) to bray, cry, cry out
How it's translated
- does it bray 1
- they bray 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
נָהַק nahaq · to bray
(Qal) to bray, cry, cry out
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bray” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRAY, verb transitive
- To pound, beat or grind small; as, to bray a fool in a mortar. Proverbs 27:22
- To make a harsh sound, as of an ass.
- To make a harsh, disagreeable grating sound.
All definitions and other forms of “bray”
BRAY, noun
The harsh sound or roar of an ass; a harsh grating sound.
- Shelving ground.
BRAY, noun
A bank or mound of earth.
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.