English Bible words starting with N
243 meanings beginning with N, in alphabetical order. This is page 2 of 3. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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neither2 words
nekeb1 word
Nekoda1 word
Nemuel1 word
Nepheg1 word
Nephisim1 word
Nephtoah1 word
Nephushesim1 word
Ner1 word
Nereus1 word
Nergal1 word
Nergal-sar-ezer1 word
Neri1 word
Neriah1 word
Nero1 word
nest1 word
nestling1 word
net10 words
- ḥeremחֵרֶםa net for catching fish or prey
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- a thing placed under God's irrevocable claim, so that it is either destroyed or given to him permanently and can never be reclaimed for ordinary use
- diktuonδίκτυονa fishing net: the ordinary, general word for the mesh of cords a fisherman used to catch and hold fish
- reshetרֶשֶׁתa net: a mesh of cords for trapping birds, animals, or people, most often pictured as a hidden and deadly trap
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- a grating: the net-shaped bronze meshwork fitted to the altar of burnt offering
- matsudahמְצוּדָהa hunter's net or snare: a trap that closes on prey, and so on a person who cannot escape.
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- a stronghold: a fortified or, more often, a rugged natural height that keeps its occupant safe from attack.
- sevakhahשְׂבָכָהan interwoven mesh of metal or cord: latticework, network, or the meshes of a net
- ḥeremחֵרֶםa net for catching fish or prey
Netaim1 word
Nethanel1 word
Nethaniah1 word
nether2 words
nethinim1 word
Netophah1 word
nets1 word
nettle3 words
network2 words
- reshetרֶשֶׁתa net: a mesh of cords for trapping birds, animals, or people, most often pictured as a hidden and deadly trap
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- a grating: the net-shaped bronze meshwork fitted to the altar of burnt offering
- sevakhahשְׂבָכָהan interwoven mesh of metal or cord: latticework, network, or the meshes of a net
- reshetרֶשֶׁתa net: a mesh of cords for trapping birds, animals, or people, most often pictured as a hidden and deadly trap
never2 words
never again1 word
never yet1 word
nevertheless5 words
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
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- except, besides, save: marks an exception, the one thing left out of an otherwise complete statement
- akhאַךְa small focusing particle that singles out its clause, either to insist on it (surely, indeed) or to fence it off from what came before (only, but, however)
- raqרַקonly: a limiting word that narrows a statement down to one thing and shuts everything else out
- ulamאוּלָםbut, however: a weighty turn that sets what follows squarely against what was just said
- beramבְּרַםneverthelessnot studied yet
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
new5 words
- neosνέοςnew: recently come into being, fresh, as opposed to what is old or former
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- young: in the early stage of life, or younger than another
- kainosκαινόςnew in kind: fresh and unlike anything before it, not merely recent in time
- ḥadashחָדָשׁnew: recently made or come into being, or fresh and never seen before
- prosphatosπρόσφατοςnewnot studied yet
- ḥadatחֲדַתnewnot studied yet
- neosνέοςnew: recently come into being, fresh, as opposed to what is old or former
new convert1 word
new grain1 word
- karmelכַּרְמֶלfertile country: land whose defining quality is that it grows things richly, as against forest or desert
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- fresh grain: newly ripened kernels still in the ear, the earliest edible stage of a harvest
- karmelכַּרְמֶלfertile country: land whose defining quality is that it grows things richly, as against forest or desert
new moon2 words
new moon celebration1 word
new moon festival1 word
new oil1 word
new wine3 words
- oinosοἶνοςwine: the fermented drink pressed from grapes
- tiroshתִּירוֹשׁnew wine: the freshly pressed juice of the grape harvest, the vintage of the year.
- gleukosγλεῦκοςsweet new wine: freshly pressed, still-fermenting grape wine at its sweetest young stage, prized for its taste yet potent enough to make a person drunk
newborn2 words
newness1 word
news4 words
- shemu'ahשְׁמוּעָהa report: news that is heard and carried from one person to another
- shemaשֵׁמַעa report: news of someone or something that reaches other people, and the reputation it builds
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- sound: audible noise that reaches the ear
- phēmēφήμηnewsnot studied yet
- phasisφάσιςnewsnot studied yet
next4 words
- heterosἕτεροςnext, following: the next day in a sequence of days
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- another one: a further or second member of the same kind or group
- of a different kind: another that is not the same in nature, strange or foreign
- eitaεἶταthen, next: the word that marks what comes next in an order, whether the next event, the next item in a list, or the next point in an argument
- epeitaἔπειταthen, after that: what comes next in the order, often a later stage reached once time has passed
- hexēsἑξῆςnext/afterwardnot studied yet
- heterosἕτεροςnext, following: the next day in a sequence of days
next to1 word
Neziah1 word
Nezib1 word
Nibhaz1 word
Nibshan1 word
Nicanor1 word
Nicodemus1 word
Nicolaitan1 word
Nicolaus1 word
Nicopolis1 word
Niger1 word
night4 words
- nuxνύξnight: the dark part of the day, and by extension the spiritual darkness of the present age before God's coming day
- laylahלַיְלָהnight: the dark stretch of hours from sunset to sunrise, the standing counterpart of the daylight
- neshephנֶשֶׁףtwilight: the half-light at either edge of the night, whether the dark closing in after sunset or the grey before sunrise.
- leleyaלֵילָאnightnot studied yet
night creature1 word
night monster1 word
night watches1 word
night-creature1 word
nightfall1 word
nights1 word
nile1 word
Nimrah1 word
Nimrim1 word
Nimrod1 word
Nimshi1 word
nine2 words
ninety2 words
Nineveh1 word
Ninevite1 word
ninth2 words
nip1 word
Nisan1 word
Nisroch1 word
no5 words
- ouοὐnonot studied yet
- oudeisοὐδείςnot even one: no one, nothing, none at all
- mēdeisμηδείςno one, nothing, none: a complete negative that leaves out every person or thing without exception
- beliבְּלִיa word that cancels what follows: without, not, for lack of
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- wearing away, decay, the ruin that consumes a thing
- araἆραno?not studied yet
no longer1 word
No mercy1 word
no more1 word
no one3 words
- ishאִישׁa man: one human being singled out, most often a grown male, but just as readily a husband, a person of a certain kind, or simply "each one".
- oudeisοὐδείςnot even one: no one, nothing, none at all
- mēdeisμηδείςno one, nothing, none: a complete negative that leaves out every person or thing without exception
no purpose1 word
Noadiah1 word
noah3 words
Nob1 word
Nobah1 word
nobility1 word
noble7 words
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- nadivנָדִיבa noble or prince: a person of high rank, of whom the open-handed generosity the title implies is expected
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- willing: moved from within to give or act freely, rather than under compulsion or obligation
- addirאַדִּירpossessing overwhelming, awe-commanding power; mighty and majestic enough to master every rival
- semnosσεμνόςworthy of respect: dignified and honorable, carrying a weight of character or worth that draws esteem and even reverence
- ḥorחֹרa noble: one of the free-born leading men of a town or province, whose weight came from his family and his land rather than from an appointment.
nobleman1 word
nobles2 words
noblewoman1 word
nobody2 words
Nod1 word
Nodab1 word
Nogah1 word
Nohah1 word
noise3 words
- phōnēφωνήa sound carried through the air: most often the voice of a speaker, but also any noise the ear takes in
- qolקוֹלa sound that reaches the ear: most often a voice, but also any noise a thing makes, and the words a voice carries.
- sha'onשָׁאוֹןa loud roaring din: the deep, rushing noise of surf, of a massed crowd or army, or of revelry
none2 words
nonsense1 word
noon2 words
- mesēmbriaμεσημβρίαnoon/southnot studied yet
- tsoharצֹהַרnoon: the middle of the day, when the sun stands highest and the light is fullest.
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- an opening Noah was told to make near the top of the ark, whose exact form (window, roof, or light-shaft) is uncertain.
noonday1 word
- tsoharצֹהַרnoon: the middle of the day, when the sun stands highest and the light is fullest.
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- an opening Noah was told to make near the top of the ark, whose exact form (window, roof, or light-shaft) is uncertain.
- tsoharצֹהַרnoon: the middle of the day, when the sun stands highest and the light is fullest.
Nophah1 word