NA'AMAH, [h] (beautiful or
agreeable),
a descendant of Cain, and daughter of
Lamech, said to have invented the art
of spinning wool, Gen. 4:22.
NAAMAH, an Ammonitish princess,
wife of Solomon, and mother of king
Rehoboam, 1 Kings 14:21.
NA'AMAN, [h] (beautiful, or who
prepares
himself to motion), a general of the Syrian
army under king Benhadad, and famous
for his having been cured of leprosy,
through the intervention of a little cap-
tive Jewess, by the prophet Elisha, 2
Kings 5.
NAAMAN, a son of Benjamin, Gen. 46:
21.
NAAMAN, a grandson of Benjamin,
Num. 26:40.
NA'AMATHITE, [h] (who is of Naa-
math), a title indicating the city or people
of Zophar, Job 2:11.
NA'ARAI, [h] (my young children,
my
watches, or my spiller), one of David's
valiant men, 1 Chron. 11:37.
NAASH'ON, [h] NAASON, and
NAHSHON
(he that foretels, or conjectures, or a
serpent),
the prince of Judah when Israel left
Egypt, Exod. 6:23; Num. 7:12-17;
Matt. 1:4.
NAME OF GOD: God can have no pro-
per name of distinction, as He alone is
the Author of all beings, and source of
all blessedness; yet various titles are
used in Scripture to indicate His eternal
existence and perfections, Exod. 3:13,
14; His attributes, 34:6, 7; His glory,
as seen in His works, Psal. 8:1-9; His
honour, by His word and ordinances,
76:1, 2; His grace, 20:1; His
protec-
tion, ver. 5; His word, 5:11; His love
and mercy in sending His Son to be our Redeemer, 22:22; John 17:26.
NAME OF CHRIST: Immanuel is a
name which was given to Christ to indi-
cate the mysterious union of humanity
with His Divine Person, Isa. 7:14; Matt.
1:23. Jesus was
given to indicate His
office of Saviour, Matt. 1:21; His perfec-
tions as Mediator are called His name,
Isa. 9:6; His mediatorial honour, Phil.
2:9, 10; His authority and commission,
Matt. 7:22; Acts 4:7; His honour
among men, as the Saviour of the world,
Psal. 72:19.
NAME, to call by name, 1 Sam. 16:3.
NAMED, called, Gen. 27:36: men-
tioned or declared, Gen. 23:16: deno-
minated, Luke 6:23.
NAMELY, particularly, Isa. 7:20.
NAMES, appellations, Gen. 2:20: titles,
Hos. 2:17; Rev. 17:3.
NATURAL MAN, an ungodly,
unregene-
rate man, who regards not the spiritual
excellency of religion, being insensible
to what is superior to the dictates of our
corrupted reason and depraved passion,
1 Cor. 2:14.
NAZ'ARETH,
Ναζαρετ (separated or sanc-
tified), a city of Zebulon in Galilee,
about
seventy miles north of Jerusalem: it
stood low in public estimation for the
character of its inhabitants, John 1:46,
yet it became famous as the residence
of Jesus until He entered on His
ministry,
Matt. 1:23; Luke 2:51; 4:16. Nazareth
still exists with a population of from
5000 to 7000, some of whom are Moh_m-
m_dans, but mostly of several sects of
ignorant and superstitious professors of
Christianity. The Rom. Cat.s have
a church here, called the "Church of the
Annunciation," the most magnificent of
any in the land, except that at Jeru-
salem.
NAZARITE, an Israelite under a pecu-
liar voluntary vow of devotedness to God, as described by Moses, Num. 6:
2-20. Samson was a Nazarite for
life,
Judg. 13:5; 16:17: and also [possibly] John the
Baptist, Luke 1:15. Many of the pro-
phets also were Nazarites for life, and
eminent for their holiness, and zeal for
the honour of God, Amos 2:11, 12; Lam.
4:7.
NAZARITE. John the Baptist
probably
was not one in the strictest, O. T. sense.
NEAP'OLIS,
Νεαπολις (new city), a
sea-
port of Macedonia, near to Philippi,
Acts 16:11: its modern name is Napoli.
NEBAI'OTH, [h] (words or
prophecies),
a son of Ishmael, Gen. 25:13: he be-
came the head of a powerful tribe of
Arabs, exceedingly rich in flocks and
herds, and hence the beautiful figure of
prophetic speech regarding the conver-
sion of the Gentiles to Messiah, Isa.
60:7.
NE'BAT, [h] (that beholds), a person
of
note, but his name is dishonoured by
the proverbially flagitious conduct of
his wicked son, the first king of the ten
tribes of Israel, 1 Kings 12:15, 28, 30;
13:33, 34; 16:3-26.
NE'BO, [h] (that speaks,
prophesies, or fructifies), a city or town of Reuben, east
of Jordan on the land of Moab, Num.
32:3, 38; Isa. 15:1, 2.
NEBO, an idol of the Chaldeans, Isa.
46:1, supposed to denote the moon, as
Bel is thought to have referred to the
sun, held in great honour, as is evident
by his title forming part of the names
of their great men, as Nebuchadnezzar.
NEHI'LOTH, a word signifying flutes,
found in the title of the fifth psalm,
designed probably to be sung with flutes.
NEHUSH'TA, [h] (snake,
soothsayer, or brazen), the queen of king Jehoiakim, 2
Kings 24:6-8.
NEHUSH'TAN, [h] (which is of brass;
in
derision a trifle of brass), the name which
king Hezekiah gave in contempt to the
brazen serpent of Moses, which had been
worshipped by the infatuated idolators
of Judah, 2 Kings 18:4.
NEIGHBOUR, one who dwells near,
Exod. 12:4; 2 Kings 4:3: one who
performs acts of kindness to the dis-
tressed, Luke 10:36. Every human being
is entitled, as a neighbour, to acts of sym-
pathy and charity, as taught by our Saviour
in the story of the good Samaritan.
NEPHEW, the son of a brother or sister,
Judg. 12:14; Job 18:19.
NER, [h] (lamp or brightness),
the father
of Abner, who was the general of king
Saul, 1 Sam. 14:50, 51.
NERE'US, [g] (light, or land
newly
tilled), a Christian at Rome saluted by
Paul, Rom. 16:15.
NER'GAL, [h] (spy or watchman),
an
idol of a body of the Assyrians settled
in Samaria, 2 Kings 17:30.
NER'GAL-SHARE'ZER, [h] (prince
of the treasure of Nergal), a chief prince of
Babylon in the army that besieged Jeru-
salem, Jer. 39:3, 13.
NEST, the lodgment of a bird for her
young, Ezek. 31:6: the young birds
in the nest, Deut. 32:11: a comfort-
able habitation, Job 29:18: a secure
dwelling, Hab. 2:9.
NET, an instrument for catching fish
or wild beasts, Luke 5:5, 6; Isa. 51:20:
an ornament wrought like a net, 1 Kings
7:17: a mischievous stratagem, Mic.
7:2: the Divine chastisement, Job
19:6.
NETHAN'EEL, [h] (gift of God), a
prince of Issachar, Num. 1:8; 7:18, 19.
NETHANEEL, a priest, son of Obed-
edom, 1 Chron. 15:24.
NETHANEEL, a prince of Judah, 2
Chron. 17:7.
NETHANI'AH, [h] (gift of the Lord),
a
Jewish prince, whose son Ishmael was
famous after the siege of Jerusalem, 2
Kings 25:23-25; Jer. 41:2-15.
NETHER, lower, Exod. 19:17; Deut.
24:6.
NETHERMOST, lowermost, 1 Kings
6:6.
NETH'INIMS, [h] (given, offered,
or devoted), labourers o servants dedicated
to be employed in the more burdensome
service among the Jews, Ezra 2:58; 8:
20: they are supposed to have been the
conquered Canaanites, who were spared,
but reduced to servitude, 1 Kings 9:
20, 21: such were the Gibeonites,
Josh.
9:21, 23, 27.
NETO'PHAH, [h] (drop,
distillation, am-
ber, myrrh, or gum), a city of Judah, Ezra
2:22.
NEW CREATURE, a regenerated per-
son, a true believer, exhibiting in
his
temper and behaviour the graces of the
Spirit of God, 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 5:22;
6:15.
NICOLA-ITANES,
professors of Christi-
anity, who denied the real humanity of
Christ, and whose practices were grossly
immoral, Rev. 2:6-15. Nicolas, the
deacon, is thought by some to have
originated this sect; but no evidence of
this exists in Scripture.
NIC'OLAS,
Νικολαος (victory of
the people),
one of the seven Grecian deacons of the
first Christian church, Acts 6:5: he is
supposed to have been a Jew of Antioch.
NICOP'OLIS,
Νικοπολις (the city
of victory),
a city of Macedonia, Tit. 3:12: it is now
called Nicopi.
NIN'EVEH, [h] (handsome, or
dwelling),
a famous city of antiquity, metropolis of
the empire of Assyria, Gen. 10:11.
Nin-
eveh was built on the eastern side of the
river Tigris, about 350 miles north-west
of Babylon: it was said to be about
twenty-one miles long, and nine miles
wide; and its walls, one hundred feet
high, guarded by 1500 towers, each two
hundred feet high, were fifty-four miles
in circuit. At the time of Jonah's
mis-
sion it is computed to have contained
about 600,000 inhabitants. Nahumpre-
dicted the utter ruin of Nineveh, on
account of the wickedness of its people:
it was besieged and taken by the Medes,
and reduced to desolation, as described
by that prophet; so that for ages, till
our times, the precise site of it was un-
known to travellers. Opposite to the
site of Nineveh is the modern city of
Monsul, on the western bank of the
Tigris, containing about 40,000 inhabit-
ants, Turks, Armenians, Jews, Arabs,
and Kourds: many of them are nominal
Christians, called Nestorians, from Nes-
torius, a patriarch of Constantinople,
about A.D. 430, who taught some peculiar
notions regarding the person of Christ,
in opposition to those who called the
virgin Mary the mother of God.
NIS'ROCH, [h] (standard, or proof
and
temptation), an idol god of the Assyrians,
2 Kings 19:37.
NITRE, a kind of alkaline salt, called
natrum, or soap-earth, abounding in Palestine, Arabia, and Egypt.
Vinegar
poured upon it produced great efferves-
cense, Prov. 25:20; and its soapy
nature made it valuable for cleansing
the skin or clothes, Jer. 2:22.
