Study
Word study

Word study

Hebrew

To propagate

נוּןStrong’s H5125

nun

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Nun is the Hebrew word usually translated “may it increase”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.”
Psalms 72:17 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Niphal) continue, to increase, propagate
  2. (Hiphil) continue, to increase, propagate
How it's translated
  • may it increase 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    נוּן nun · to propagate

    1) (Niphal) continue, to increase, propagate 2) (Hiphil) continue, to increase, propagate

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    PROP'AGATE, verb transitive

    [Latin propago. See Prop. The Latin noun propago, is the English prop, and the termination ago, as in cartilago, etc. The sense of the noun is that which is set or thrust in.]

    1. To continue or multiply the kind by generation or successive production; applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate any species of fruit tree.
    2. To spread; to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
    3. To spread from person to person; to extend; to give birth to, or originate and spread; as, to propagate a story or report.
    4. To carry from place to place; to extend by planting and establishing in places before destitute; as, to propagate the christian religion.
    All definitions and other forms of “propagate”
    1. To extend; to increase.
    2. To generate; to produce.

    PROP'AGATE, verb intransitive

    To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. Wild horses propagate in the forests of S. America.

      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.