This is the name of the place Nineveh: The capital of Assyria, known for its wickedness and repentance.
Definition
of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria
Traditional renderings: Nineveh.
Traditional renderings: Nineveh.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
17 total
- Genesis 10:11נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה · NinevehFrom that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
- Genesis 10:12נִֽינְוֵ֖ה · Nineveh…and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
- 2 Kings 19:36בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃ · to NinevehSo Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Isaiah 37:37בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃ · to NinevehSo Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- Jonah 1:2נִֽינְוֵ֛ה · of Nineveh“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Jonah 3:2נִֽינְוֵ֖ה · of Nineveh“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- Jonah 3:3 (2×)נִֽינְוֶ֖ה · Nineveh; וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה · Now NinevehThis time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- Jonah 3:4וְנִֽינְוֵ֖ה · and NinevehOn the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”
- Jonah 3:5נִֽינְוֵ֖ה · And the NinevitesAnd the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
- Jonah 3:6נִֽינְוֵ֔ה · of NinevehWhen word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
- Jonah 3:7בְּנִֽינְוֵ֔ה · in NinevehThen he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
- Jonah 4:11נִינְוֵ֖ה · of NinevehSo should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
- Nahum 1:1נִֽינְוֵ֑ה · against NinevehThis is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Nahum 2:8וְנִינְוֵ֥ה · NinevehNineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
- Nahum 3:7נִֽינְוֵ֔ה · NinevehThen all who see you will recoil from you and say, ‘Nineveh is devastated; who will grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
- Zephaniah 2:13נִֽינְוֵה֙ · NinevehAnd He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.