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Nod

נוֹדStrong’s H5113

nod

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.”
Genesis 4:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Nod = ""wandering"
How it's translated
  • nod 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    נוֹד nod · Nod

    § Nod = ""wandering" land to which Cain fled or wandered after the murder of Abel

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    NOD, verb intransitive

    [Gr. contracted; a nod; to nod to beckon, a leap a spring; to leap, to throb or beat, as the pulse]

    1. To incline the head with a quick motion, either forward or sidewise, as persons nod in sleep.
    2. To bend or incline with a quick motion; as nodding plumes.
    3. To be drowsy.
    4. To make a slight bow; also, to beckon with a nod
    All definitions and other forms of “nod”

      NOD, verb transitive

      To incline or bend; to shake.

        NOD, noun

        1. A quick declination of the head.
        2. A quick declination or inclination.
        3. A quick inclination of the head in drowsiness or sleep.
        4. A slight obeisance.
        5. A command; as in Latin numen, for nutamen.

        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.