Strong H5011נֹב

Nob

Transliteration
nôb
Pronunciation
nobe
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

The same as H5108; fruit;
{Nob} a place in Palestine: - Nob.

Meaning of the name

Nob = "high place"

Detailed definition

Nob was a city of priests near Jerusalem, known for a massacre ordered by King Saul and as a temporary location of the Ark of the Covenant.

In the biblical story

Nob

A city of priests near Jerusalem

Nob was a city of priests near Jerusalem, known for a massacre ordered by King Saul and as a temporary location of the Ark of the Covenant.

In the Bible

Strong H5011 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • nob6

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 21:1
    Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
  2. 1 Samuel 22:9
    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
  3. 1 Samuel 22:11
    Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
  4. 1 Samuel 22:19
    And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  5. Nehemiah 11:32
    And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
  6. Isaiah 10:32
    As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
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