What does נֹאד mean in the Bible?
נֹאד is a Hebrew word meaning "a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)".
Hebrew · H4997
נֹאד
A (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
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נֹאד H4997
What does נֹאד mean in the Bible?
נֹאד is a Hebrew word meaning "a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4997?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wineskins (2), a container (1), a skin (1), in Your bottle (1), like a wineskin (1).
Where does נֹאד appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Joshua 9:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Joshua (2), Psalms (2), 1 Samuel (1), Judges (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wineskins 2× Joshua 9:4, Joshua 9:13
a container 1× Judges 4:19
a skin 1× 1 Samuel 16:20
in Your bottle 1× Psalms 56:8
like a wineskin 1× Psalms 119:83
Show sample aligned rows
Joshua 9:4 וְנֹאד֥וֹת to wineskins Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Joshua 9:13 נֹאד֤וֹת to wineskins Noun - masculine plural construct Judges 4:19 נֹ֧אוד to a container Noun - masculine singular construct 1 Samuel 16:20 וְנֹ֣אד to a skin Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Psalms 56:8 בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָ to in Your bottle Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Psalms 119:83 כְּנֹ֣אד to like a wineskin Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Joshua 9:4
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Joshua 2 Judges 1 1 Samuel 1 Psalms 2
Source forms
בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָ 1x ḇə·nō·ḏe·ḵā Psalms 56:8
וְנֹ֣אד 1x wə·nōḏ 1 Samuel 16:20
וְנֹאד֥וֹת 1x wə·nō·ḏō·wṯ Joshua 9:4
כְּנֹ֣אד 1x kə·nōḏ Psalms 119:83
נֹאד֤וֹת 1x nō·ḏō·wṯ Joshua 9:13
נֹ֧אוד 1x nō·wḏ Judges 4:19
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Joshua 9:4
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x 1 Samuel 16:20
Noun - masculine plural construct 1x Joshua 9:13
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Judges 4:19
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Psalms 56:8
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular 1x Psalms 119:83
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
Source Gloss
a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids) BDB: skin-bottle Usage: bottle.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
נֹאד is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain