Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H5210
נִינְוֵה
nin.veh · “Nineveh”
Used 17 times across 6 books
Definition
§ Nineveh = "abode of Ninus"
capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria; located on the east bank of the Tigris river, 550 miles (880 km) from its mouth and 250 miles (400 km) north of Babylon
Where it appears
Genesis2
2 Kings1
Isaiah1
Jonah9
Nahum3
Zephaniah1
In the text
Genesis 10:11Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Genesis 10:12And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.Isaiah 37:37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.Jonah 3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.Jonah 3:3So 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 3:4And 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 3:5So 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 3:6For 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.
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