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HebrewH5210Noun

נִינְוֵה

nin.veh

15Occurrences
H5210Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nineveh, the capital of Assyria

of foreign origin;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

נִינְוֵה appears 15 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jonah
8
Genesis
2
Nam
2
2 Kings
1
Isaiah
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 19:36BSB

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Isaiah 37:37BSB

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Jonah 3:3BSB

This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD.Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.

Jonah 3:6BSB

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Nam 1:1BSB

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