nave · lovely, fitting

What it means

nave (נָאוֶה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lovely, fitting”.

Fitting, lovely: what suits someone well.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Pleasing to the eye by its beauty and delicacy.
2. What suits someone, what fits him.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fitting ×5
• lovely ×5

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×3
• Song of Songs×4
• Jeremiah×1

• Psalms 33:1

  Shout for joy, righteous ones, in YHWH; for the upright praise is fitting.

• Psalms 147:1

  Praise Yah, for it is good to sing psalms to our Elohim, for it is pleasant; praise is fitting.

• Proverbs 17:7

  A lip of excellence is not fitting for a fool, how much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.

• Proverbs 19:10

  Luxury is not fitting for the senseless, how much less for a slave to rule over princes.

• Proverbs 26:1

  Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a senseless man.

• Song of Songs 1:5

  Black I am yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

• Song of Songs 2:14

  My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding place of the steep slope, let me see your form, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your form lovely.

• Song of Songs 4:3

  Like a thread of scarlet are your lips, and your speech is lovely; like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.

• Song of Songs 6:4

  Beautiful are you, my companion, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, fearsome as troops with banners.

• Jeremiah 6:2

  The lovely and delicate one, I will destroy the daughter of Zion.