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Ant

נְמָלָהStrong’s H5244

nemalah (ne-ma-lah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Nemalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ant” and “ants”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:”
Proverbs 6:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Ant
How it's translated
  • an ant 1
  • the ants 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נְמָלָה nemalah · ant

ant

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

'ANT, noun

    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.