NEHEMIAH, BOOK OF See EZRA-NEHEMIAH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NEHEMIAH, BOOK OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NEHEMIAH ne-he-mi'-a, ne-hem-i'-a (nechemyah, "comforted of Yah"): 1. Family 2. Youth 3. King's Cupbearer 4. Governor of Judea 5. Death LITERATURE Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah, is the Jewish patriot whose life is recorded in the Biblical work named after him. All that we know about him from contemporary sources is found in this book; and so

NEGINAH; NEGINOTH ne-ge'-na (Psalms 6148/A> the King James Version, title), ne-ge'-noth, neg'-i-noth (Psalms 4 the King James Version, title). See MUSIC; PSALMS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NEGINAH; NEGINOTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclope

NEESING ne'-zing (Job 41:18, the King James Version, the English Revised Version "by his neesings a light doth shine," the American Standard Revised Version "sneezings"): "Neese" in Elizabethan English (through two distinct derivations) could mean either "sneeze" or "snort," and it is impossible to say which force was intended by the King James Ve

NEGEB neg'-eb (ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence, in the Septuagint it is usually translated eremos, "desert," also nageb): 1. Meaning: As the Negeb lay to the South of Judah, the word came to be used in the sense of "the

NEEDLEWORK ne'-d'-l-wurk. See EMBROIDERY. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NEEDLEWORK'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NEDABIAH ned-a-bi'-a (nedhabhyah): A descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:18). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NEDABIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NEEDLE ne'-d'-l (rhaphis): The word "needle" occurs only 3 times, namely, in the reference to Christ's use of the proverb: "It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). This saying ought to be accepted in the same sense as Matthew 23:24, "Ye bl

NECODAN ne-ko'-dan. See NEKODA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NECODAN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NECROMANCY nek'-ro-man-si. See ASTROLOGY, 1; DIVINATION; WITCHCRAFT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NECROMANCY'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NECO ne'-ko (nekho (2 Chronicles 35:22; 36:4))., "chain"): A neck-chain ornament, worn either separately (Ezekiel 16:11), or with pendants (Isaiah 3:19), such as crescents (Isaiah 3:18) or rings (Genesis 38:25); sometimes made of gold (Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29), or of strings of jewels (Song of Solomon 1:10). Even beasts of burden were sometimes

NECK nek (tsawwar, tsawwa'r, tsawwaron, tsawwa'rah, Aramaic tsawwar (Daniel 5:7,16,29), `oreph, miphreqeth (1 Samuel 4:18); nostos, "back" (Baruch 2:33); occasionally the words garon (Isaiah 3:16; Ezekiel 16:11), and gargeroth, plural of gargarah, literally, "throat" (Proverbs 1:9; 3:3,12; 6:21), are translated "neck"): The neck is compared with a

NECKLACE nek'-las (rabhidh, "chain"): A neck-chain ornament, worn either separately (Ezekiel 16:11), or with pendants (Isaiah 3:19), such as crescents (Isaiah 3:18) or rings (Genesis 38:25); sometimes made of gold (Genesis 41:42; Daniel 5:29), or of strings of jewels (Song of Solomon 1:10). Even beasts of burden were sometimes so adorned by royalt

NEBUZARADAN neb-u-zar-a'-dan, -zar'-a-dan (nebhuzar'adhan equals Assyrian Nabu-zara-iddina, "Nebo has given seed"; Nebouzardan): Nebuchadnezzar's general at the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:8,11,20; Jeremiah 52:12,15,26; 39:9,10,11,13). Under the title of "captain of the guard," he commanded the army, and, after the fall of the city, carried out

NECHO; NECHOH ne'-ko. See PHARAOH-NECOH. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NECHO; NECHOH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR; NEBUCHADREZZAR neb-u-kad-nez'-ar, -rez'-ar: Nebuchadnezzar, the second king of Babylon of that name, is best known as the king who conquered Judah, destroyed Jerusalem, and carried the people of the Jews captive to Babylon. Of all the heathen monarchs mentioned by name in the Scriptures, Nebuchadnezzar is the most prominent and the

NEBUSHAZBAN neb-u-shaz'-ban (nebhushazebhan equals Assyrian Nabusezib-anni, "Nebo delivers me"; the King James Version Nebushasban): An important officer (the Rab-saris, chief captain or "chief eunuch") of the Babylonian army, who with Nergal-sharezer and others was appointed to see to the safety of Jeremiah after the taking of Jerusalem (Jeremiah

NEBO (2) (nebho; Nabau): (1) This town is named in Numbers 32:3 between Sebam and Beon (which latter evidently represents Baal-meon of 32:38), after Heshbon and Elealeh, as among the cities assigned by Moses to Reuben. It was occupied by the Reubenite clan Bela (1 Chronicles 5:8). Here it is named between Aroer and Baalmeon. In their denunciations

NEBO, MOUNT (har nebho; Nabau): A mountain in the land of Moab which Moses ascended at the command of God in order that he might see the Land of Promise which he was never to enter. There also he was to die. From the following passages (namely, Numbers 33:47; Deuteronomy 32:49; 34:1), we gather that it was not far from the plain of Moab in which I

NEBAT ne'-bat (nebhaT): Father of Jeroboam I (1 Kings 11:26, and frequently elsewhere). The name occurs only in the phrase "Jeroboam the son of Nebat," and is evidently intended to distinguish Jeroboam I from the later son of Joash. See JEROBOAM. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. Ge