Nineveh
נִינְוֵהStrong’s H5210ninveh (nin-veh)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ninveh is the Hebrew word usually translated “nineveh”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”
Meaning
- § Nineveh = "abode of Ninus"
How it's translated
- nineveh 11
- in nineveh 3
- and nineveh 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jonah 8
- Nahum 3
- Genesis 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
- Zephaniah 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 10:12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
- 2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- Isaiah 37:37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
- Jonah 3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
- Jonah 3:3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
Hebrew dictionary
נִינְוֵה ninveh · Nineveh
§ Nineveh = "abode of Ninus" capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria; located on the east bank of the Tigris river, 550 miles (880 km) from its mouth and 250 miles (400 km) north of Babylon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.