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נִינְוֵה H5210
H5210 is the Hebrew word נִינְוֵה, transliterated Nîynᵉvêh and said nee-nev-ay'. The King James Version most often renders it nineveh.
What it means
Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
Where it comes from
of foreign origin.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Nineveh.
Verses using נִינְוֵה
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 10:11 · KJV
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis 10:12 · KJV
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
2 Kings 19:36 · KJV
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Jonah 1:2 · KJV
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jonah 3:2 · KJV
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Jonah 3:3 · KJV
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
Jonah 3:4 · KJV
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Jonah 3:5 · KJV
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Jonah 3:6 · KJV
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Jonah 3:7 · KJV
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jonah 4:11 · KJV
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Nahum 1:1 · KJV
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Nahum 2:8 · KJV
But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
Nahum 3:7 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Zephaniah 2:13 · KJV
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5210 mean?
H5210 is the Hebrew word נִינְוֵה (Nîynᵉvêh), meaning Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.
How is H5210 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it nineveh (13 times), between nineveh (1 time), now nineveh (1 time), through nineveh (1 time).
How many times does H5210 appear in the Bible?
נִינְוֵה (Nîynᵉvêh) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5210 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: of foreign origin.
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