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נֹגַהּ H5051
H5051 is the Hebrew word נֹגַהּ, transliterated nôgahh and said no'-gah. The King James Version most often renders it brightness.
What it means
brilliancy (literally or figuratively).
Where it comes from
from H5050 (נָגַהּ).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.
Verses using נֹגַהּ
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
2 Samuel 22:13 · KJV
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
2 Samuel 23:4 · KJV
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Psalm 18:12 · KJV
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
Proverbs 4:18 · KJV
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Isaiah 4:5 · KJV
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Isaiah 50:10 · KJV
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Isaiah 60:3 · KJV
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isaiah 60:19 · KJV
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Isaiah 62:1 · KJV
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Ezekiel 1:4 · KJV
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel 1:13 · KJV
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
Ezekiel 1:27 · KJV
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Ezekiel 1:28 · KJV
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel 10:4 · KJV
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
Habakkuk 3:4 · KJV
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Habakkuk 3:11 · KJV
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5051 mean?
H5051 is the Hebrew word נֹגַהּ (nôgahh), meaning brilliancy (literally or figuratively).
How is H5051 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it brightness (7 times), shining (3 times), through the brightness (1 time), clear shining (1 time), no light (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5051 appear in the Bible?
נֹגַהּ (nôgahh) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5051 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5050 (נָגַהּ).
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