NO, [h] (stirring up, or
forbidding), a
famous city of Egypt, called No-Ammon,
the city of Ammon. Nahum, the pro-
phet, calls it "populous No," Nah. 3:8;
and it is believed to have been the
ancient Thebes, the capital of Upper
Egypt, celebrated for its magnitude and
its hundred gates, by Herodotus. It was
called by the Greeks Diospolis, or the
city of Jupiter: and it was the chief
seat of Jupiter Ammon, the grandeur of
whose worship is evident from the exist-
ing magnificent ruins of the temples of
Carnac and Luxor.
NOADI'AH, [h] (witness, or ornament
of
the Lord), a Levite, Ezra 8:33.
NOADIAH, a false prophetess, Neh. 6:
14.
NO'AH, נח (repose or
consolation): this faithful man of God, the eighth "preacher
of righteousness," 2 Pet. 2:5, the most
distinguished of the patriarchs, is re-
garded as "the father of the new
world:" his personal character, his
ministerial office, the miracle of his
preservation in the deluge, and the
covenant of safety and of fruitful sea-
sons, which God made with him for
future ages, demand our most devout
consideration, Gen. 6. 7. 8. 9. See ARK and FLOOD.
NOB, [h] (discourse or
prophecy), a city
of the Levites, famous for the
barbarous
massacre of the priests and their families,
by order of king Saul, 1 Sam. 21. 22.
NOBLE, dignified or illustrious, as the
head of an honourable family, Ezra 4:
10; 1 Cor. 1:26: candid, Acts 17:11.
NOISOME, hurtful or offensive, Psal.
91:3; Rev. 16:2.
NONE, no one, not any, Exod. 12:22.
NOON, mid-day, Gen. 43:[16].
NOONDAY, full daylight, Job 5:14.
NOONTIDE, mid-day, Jer. 20:16.
NOPH, [h] (honeycomb, or that
drops),
Memphis, a celebrated city of Middle
Egypt, and the residence of the kings
of Egypt until the time of the Ptolemies,
who kept their royal palace at Alexan-
dria. Memphis was on the west bank
of the Nile, about fifteen miles from
which, on the north-east, is Grand Cairo.
Near to Noph stood the famous pyra-
mids, whose prodigious magnitude has
excited the astonishment of all ages.
Noph was the residence of the ox Apis,
the brute-divinity of the Egyptians; and
on account of their abominations in
idolatry, impurity, and cruelty, Divine
vengeance overthrew their temples, and
brought their glory to desolation, Isa.
19:13; Jer. 44:1; 46:14; Ezek. 30:
13-16.
NORTH, the point opposite to the
south, Gen. 28:14. Relatively to the
situation of Judea, Babylon and Syria
lay north, Dan. 11:13-15; Jer. 3:12, and
Egypt lay south, Gen. 12:9-11.
NOSE, the organ of smelling, Psal. 115:
6. Rings being put in the noses of oxen
or camels for the purpose of a bridle,
the king of Assyria was threatened to
be so restrained, 2 Kings 19:28.
NOSE-JEWELS, golden rings hung from
the nose (a custom still common in the
East), Isa. 3:21. The proverb alludes
to this practice, Prov. 10:22.
NOSTRILS, the cavities of the nose by
which an animal breathes, Gen. 2:7;
Job 4:9.
NOTHING, not anything, Num. 16:26:
of no use, Matt. 5:13: no advantage or
profit, Luke 6:35: no new authority or
wisdom, Gal. 2:6: of no honour or real
consequence, 6:3: false or groundless,
Acts 21:24: absolute vanity, as an idol,
1 Cor. 8:4.
NUN, [h] (son or posterity),
the father of Joshua, who succeeded Moses as the
leader of Israel, Num. 13:16; Josh.
24:29.
NURSE, a woman who suckles or takes
care of a child, Exod. 2:7.
NURSED, taken care of, as a child,
Exod. 2:9.
NURSING, tenderly supporting, Num.
11:12.
NURSING FATHERS and nursing mo-
thers, as members and supporters of the
Christian church, are to include pious
kings and queens in the latter days of
the Messiah, Isa. 49:23.
NURTURE, education or instruction,
Eph. 6:4.
NUTS, hard fruits of certain trees, Gen.
43:11.
NYM'PHAS,
Νυμφας (spouse or bride-
groom), a Christian head of a family at
Colosse, Col. 4:15.
