H5278: נֹעַם
nôʻam · pronounced no'-am · “pleasantness”
Definition
agreeableness, i.e. delight, suitableness, splendor or grace
KJV translates it as: beauty, pleasant(-ness).
Word origin: from H5276 (נָעֵם);
Extended definition
1a) delightfulness
1b) symbolic name of one of two staves
1c) pleasantness
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5278 is translated
- kindness ×3
- the kindness of ×2
- favor ×2
Bible verses with H5278 (nôʻam)
Nôʻam appears in 7 verses.
- Psalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
- Psalms 90:17
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
- Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
- Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
- Zechariah 11:7
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
- Zechariah 11:10
And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.