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Strong H51152 sensesנָוָה

to beautify · to dwell

Transliteration
nâvâh
Pronunciation
naw-vaw'

The 2 senses of Strong H5115

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5115 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to beautifyH5115A(Hiphil) to beautify, adorn1 verse · Exodus
  2. to dwellH5115B(Qal) to dwell, abide, keep at home1 verse · Habakkuk

General definition

A primitive root; to rest (as at home); causatively (through the implied idea of beauty (compare {H5116)}) to celebrate (with praises): - keep at {home} prepare an habitation.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • home1
  • prepare1

First verses

  1. Exodus 15:2
    The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
  2. Habakkuk 2:5
    Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: