נְדִיבָה
nᵉdîybâh · H5082 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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dignity
State in which humans are respected and their position in the community is secure
ExamplesJob 30:15 “Sudden terrors are turned upon me; They chase away my dignity like the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
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noble deed
A deed that is morally and ethically correct, as can be expected from a noble person
ExamplesIsaiah 32:8 But the noble person devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָעַץto counsel, to advise, to plan 1
- רָדַףto pursue, to chase 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Great002001002012
- נְדִיבָה denotes dignity or nobility of standing, as in Job 30:15's lament that terrors chase away his "dignity" like the wind, tying the word to an elevated, honorable status now lost.
- Safe002003003019
- The domain classification here reflects the word's association with a stable, secure standing or well-being (paralleling Job's lost "prosperity" alongside his dignity in the same verse), a sense of security bound up with the honored status the word names.
- Right002001003013
- The word also denotes noble or upright plans and conduct, as in Isaiah 32:8's description of the noble person who devises noble plans and stands by them, tying the term to morally right and honorable intention.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5082. nedibah [נְדִיבָה] noun feminine nobility, nobleness; — suffix נְדִבָתִי Job…
[נְדִיבָה] noun feminine nobility, nobleness; — suffix נְדִבָתִי Job 30:15; plural נְדִיבוֺת Isa 32:8 (twice in verse); —
1 nobility of rank, honour Job 30:15.
2 plural = noble things as counselled by the נדיב in character Isa 32:8 (twice in verse).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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