Vine's Expository Dictionary

Nobleman an adjective, "royal, belonging to a king" (basileus), is used of the command, "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," "the royal law," Jam 2:8; thi…

Noise from rhoizos, "the whistling of an arrow," signifies "with rushing sound," as of roaring flames, and is used in 2Pe 3:10, of the future passing away of th…

Noisome "evil," is translated "noisome" in Rev 16:2. See BAD.

None * For NONE see NO MAN

Noon lit., "middle-day" (mesos, "middle," and hemera, "a day"), signifies (a) "noon," Act 22:6; (b) "the south," Act 8:26.

Nor * For NOR see +, p. 9

North primarily Boreas, the North Wind, came to denote the "north" (cp. "Borealis"), Luk 13:29, Rev 21:13.

North East, North West Lat., corus, the Latin name for "the north-west wind," hence, "the north-west," occurs in Act 27:12, AV, RV, "(north-east and) south-east…

Nose Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: NounStrong's Number: H639Original Word: ’apUsage Notes: "nose; nostrils; face; wrath; anger." This general Semitic word has …

Not * For NOT see +, p. 9

Notable, of Note an adjective, signifying "known" (from ginosko, "to know"), is used (a) as an adjective, most usually translated "known," whether of facts, e.g…

Note (Verb) from semeion, "a sign, token," signifies "to mark, to note," in the Middle Voice, "to note for oneself," and is so used in 2Th 3:14, in an injunctio…

Nothing the neuter of oudeis, "no one," occurs, e.g., in Mat 5:13, Mat 10:26, Mat 23:16; adverbially, e.g., in Mat 27:24, 2Co 12:11 (1st part), "in nothing;" 1T…

Notice before * For NOTICE BEFORE, 2Co 9:5, AV, see AFOREPROMISED

Notwithstanding * Note: This is the AV rendering of (1) alla, "but," in Rev 2:20 (RV, "but"); (2) plen, "howbeit, yet, except that," in Luk 10:11, Luk 10:20, an…

Nought (for, bring to, come to, set at) "nothing" (the neuter of oudeis, no one), is translated "nought" in Act 5:36. See NOTHING. "freely, as a gift," is trans…

Nourish, Nourishment "to rear, feed, nourish," is translated by the verb "to nourish" in Jam 5:5 (of luxurious living); Rev 12:14 (of God's care of Israel again…

Nourishment ministered * For NOURISHMENT MINISTERED, Col 2:19, see SUPPLY

Novice an adjective, lit., "newly-planted" (from neos, "new," and phuo, "to bring forth, produce"), denotes "a new convert, neophyte, novice," 1Ti 3:6, of one w…

Now is used (a) of time, the immediate present, whether in contrast to the past, e.g., Joh 4:18, Act 7:52, or to the future, e.g., Joh 12:27, Rom 11:31; sometim…

Number number, "a number" (Eng., "arithmetic," etc.), occurs in Luk 22:3, Joh 6:10, Rom 9:27; elsewhere five times in Acts, ten times in the Apocalypse. "a mult…

Number (To) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H5608Original Word: saparUsage Notes: "to number, count, proclaim, declare." The relationship of…

Number (To) (1) Usage Number: 1Part of Speech: VerbStrong's Number: H6485Original Word: paqadUsage Notes: "to number, visit, be concerned with, look after, make…

Nurse translated "nurse" in 1Th 2:7, there denotes a "nursing" mother, as is clear from the statement "cherisheth her own children;" this is also confirmed by t…

* For NURTURE (Eph 6:4) see CHASTENING