Strong’s H5276 · Hebrew

נָעֵם
nâʻêm
naw-ame'

Definition

to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • pass in beauty
  • be delight
  • be pleasant
  • be sweet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.