Pleasant
נָעִיםStrong’s H5273naim (na-im)
Appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naim is the Hebrew word usually translated “pleasant” and “pleasant of”. It appears in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
“Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.”
Meaning
- Pleasant, delightful, sweet, lovely, agreeabledelightful · lovely, beautiful (physical)
- Singing, sweetly sounding, musical
How it's translated
- pleasant 8
- and pleasant 2
- in pleasant 2
- and pleasant of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Proverbs 3
- 2 Samuel 2
- Job 1
- Song of Solomon 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 23:1Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
- Job 36:11If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
- Psalms 16:6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- Psalms 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Psalms 81:2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
- Psalms 133:1Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Hebrew dictionary
נָעִים naim · pleasant
1) pleasant, delightful, sweet, lovely, agreeable 1a) delightful 1b) lovely, beautiful (physical)
נָעִים naim · musical
singing, sweetly sounding, musical
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pleasant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PLEASANT, adjective
plez'ant.
- Pleasing; agreeable; grateful to the mind or to the senses; as a pleasant ride; a pleasant voyage; a pleasant view.“How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Psalms 133:1
- Cheerful; enlivening; as pleasant society or company.
- Gay; lively; humorous; sportive; as a pleasant companion.
- Trifling; adapted rather to mirth than use.
All definitions
- Giving pleasure; gratifying.
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.