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Nain

A city of Palestine, in which Jesus Christ restored the widow’s son to life, as they were carrying him out to be buried. Eusebius says, that this was in the neighbourhood of Endor, and Scythopolis, two miles from Tabor, toward the south. Nain is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “beauty; pleasantness.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G3484
Hebrew
נָאָה · nâʼâh
Greek
Ναΐν · Nain
Name meaning
beauty; pleasantness According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ναΐν

G3484
Transliteration
Nain
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N--L
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

Nain

Lexicon definition

Ναίν (Rec. Ναΐν), ἡ, indecl. (Heb. נָאָה), Nain, a village of Galilee: Luk.7:11.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

נָאָה

H4998
Transliteration
nâʼâh
Pronunciation
naw-aw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

be beautiful, become, be comely.

Lexicon definition

properly, to be at home, i.e. (by implication) to be pleasant (or suitable), i.e. beautiful

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

נָאָה

H4999
Transliteration
nâʼâh
Pronunciation
naw-aw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
13

Glosses

habitation, house, pasture, pleasant place.

Lexicon definition

a home

figuratively, a pasture

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nain

beauty; pleasantness

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

NAIN

a city of Palestine, in which Jesus Christ restored the widow’s son to life, as they were carrying him out to be buried. Eusebius says, that this was in the neighbourhood of Endor, and Scythopolis, two miles from Tabor, toward the south.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Nain

Indexed occurrences: 1

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All Scripture references1 references

Luke 1

Luke 7:11

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

NAIN

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for NAIN.

Indexed references: 1

Scripture references:
Luke 7:11

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nain

Meaning:
beauty; pleasantness

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Topic

NAIN

Nave’s Topical Bible references for NAIN.

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Nain

beauty; pleasantness

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