Lexicon
נֹא
no
H4996
N:N--L Hebrew

Thebes

5
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

no is the proper name of a city portrayed in Scripture as facing judgment and described amid surrounding waters.

The attested proper-name use identifies a city: Ezekiel names it among places facing fire, loss, and attack, Jeremiah joins it with Amon in a visitation oracle, and Nahum describes it as dwelling among the Niles with water around it.

Senses in use

  1. City named in judgment and description · dominant

    All five occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same place. In Ezekiel 30:14, Ezekiel 30:15, and Ezekiel 30:16 the APB renders clauses about judgments, the cutting off of its crowd, and its being broken open; in Jeremiah 46:25 it renders "Amon of Thebes," while Nahum 3:8 describes the city as dwelling among the Niles with water surrounding her.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the proper name as "Thebes," including "Amon of Thebes" in Jeremiah 46:25 and "Thebes of Amon" in Nahum 3:8. These renderings confirm the verse-level identification rather than establish a finer lexical distinction.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture