Definition

(adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (den)

Etymology

or (feminine) נָוָה; from H5115 (נָוָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• comely
• dwelling (place)
• fold
• habitation
• pleasant place
• sheepcote
• stable
• tarried

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.

What the first audience heard

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