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Hebrew word study

נָאnâʼ — 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'

Pronounced “naw”

'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

Translated in the King James as: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.

Appears 400 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 74×

Genesis 12:11 Genesis 12:13 Genesis 13:8 Genesis 13:9 Genesis 13:14 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 16:2 Genesis 18:3 Genesis 18:4 Genesis 18:21 Genesis 18:27 Genesis 18:30 Genesis 18:31 Genesis 18:32 Genesis 19:2 Genesis 19:7 Genesis 19:8 Genesis 19:18 Genesis 19:19 Genesis 19:20 Genesis 22:2 Genesis 24:2 Genesis 24:12 Genesis 24:14 Genesis 24:17+ 49 more in Genesis

Exodus — 15×

Exodus 3:3 Exodus 3:18 Exodus 4:6 Exodus 4:13 Exodus 4:18 Exodus 5:3 Exodus 10:11 Exodus 10:17 Exodus 11:2 Exodus 32:32 Exodus 33:13 Exodus 33:18 Exodus 34:9+ 2 more in Exodus

Numbers — 18×

Numbers 10:31 Numbers 11:15 Numbers 12:6 Numbers 12:11 Numbers 12:12 Numbers 12:13 Numbers 14:17 Numbers 14:19 Numbers 16:8 Numbers 16:26 Numbers 20:10 Numbers 20:17 Numbers 22:6 Numbers 22:16 Numbers 22:17 Numbers 22:19 Numbers 23:13 Numbers 23:27

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 3:25 Deuteronomy 4:32

Joshua — 4×

Joshua 2:12 Joshua 7:19 Joshua 22:26+ 1 more in Joshua

Judges — 31×

Judges 1:24 Judges 4:19 Judges 6:17 Judges 6:18 Judges 6:39 Judges 7:3 Judges 8:5 Judges 9:2 Judges 9:38 Judges 10:15 Judges 11:17 Judges 11:19 Judges 12:6 Judges 13:3 Judges 13:4 Judges 13:8 Judges 13:15 Judges 14:12 Judges 15:2 Judges 16:6 Judges 16:10 Judges 16:28 Judges 18:5 Judges 19:6 Judges 19:8+ 6 more in Judges

Ruth — 2×

Ruth 2:2 Ruth 2:7

1 Samuel — 34×

1 Sam 2:36 1 Sam 3:17 1 Sam 9:3 1 Sam 9:6 1 Sam 9:18 1 Sam 14:17 1 Sam 14:29 1 Sam 15:25 1 Sam 15:30 1 Sam 16:15 1 Sam 16:16 1 Sam 16:17 1 Sam 16:22 1 Sam 17:17 1 Sam 19:2 1 Sam 20:29 1 Sam 20:36 1 Sam 22:3 1 Sam 22:7 1 Sam 22:12 1 Sam 23:11 1 Sam 23:22 1 Sam 25:8 1 Sam 25:24 1 Sam 25:25+ 9 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 35×

2 Sam 1:4 2 Sam 1:9 2 Sam 2:14 2 Sam 7:2 2 Sam 13:5 2 Sam 13:6 2 Sam 13:7 2 Sam 13:13 2 Sam 13:17 2 Sam 13:24 2 Sam 13:25 2 Sam 13:26 2 Sam 13:28 2 Sam 14:2 2 Sam 14:11 2 Sam 14:12 2 Sam 14:15 2 Sam 14:17 2 Sam 14:18 2 Sam 14:21 2 Sam 15:7 2 Sam 15:31 2 Sam 16:9 2 Sam 17:1 2 Sam 17:5+ 10 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 19×

1 Ki 1:12 1 Ki 2:17 1 Ki 8:26 1 Ki 13:6 1 Ki 14:2 1 Ki 17:10 1 Ki 17:11 1 Ki 17:21 1 Ki 18:43 1 Ki 19:20 1 Ki 20:7 1 Ki 20:31 1 Ki 20:32 1 Ki 20:35 1 Ki 20:37 1 Ki 22:5 1 Ki 22:13+ 2 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 34×

2 Ki 1:13 2 Ki 2:2 2 Ki 2:4 2 Ki 2:6 2 Ki 2:9 2 Ki 2:16 2 Ki 2:19 2 Ki 4:9 2 Ki 4:10 2 Ki 4:13 2 Ki 4:22 2 Ki 4:26 2 Ki 5:7 2 Ki 5:8 2 Ki 5:15 2 Ki 5:17 2 Ki 5:22 2 Ki 6:1 2 Ki 6:2 2 Ki 6:3 2 Ki 6:17 2 Ki 6:18 2 Ki 7:12 2 Ki 7:13 2 Ki 8:4+ 9 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 5×

1 Chr 21:8 1 Chr 21:13 1 Chr 21:17 1 Chr 22:5 1 Chr 29:20

2 Chronicles — 3×

2 Chr 6:40 2 Chr 18:4 2 Chr 18:12

Ezra — 1×

Nehemiah — 6×

Nehemiah 1:6 Nehemiah 1:8 Nehemiah 1:11 Nehemiah 5:10 Nehemiah 5:11+ 1 more in Nehemiah

Job — 23×

Job 1:11 Job 2:5 Job 4:7 Job 5:1 Job 6:29 Job 8:8 Job 10:9 Job 12:7 Job 13:6 Job 13:18 Job 17:3 Job 17:10 Job 22:21 Job 22:22 Job 32:21 Job 33:1 Job 33:2 Job 38:3 Job 40:7 Job 40:10 Job 40:15 Job 40:16 Job 42:4

Psalms — 16×

Psalms 7:9 Psalms 50:22 Psalms 80:14 Psalms 115:2 Psalms 116:14 Psalms 116:18 Psalms 118:2 Psalms 118:3 Psalms 118:4 Psalms 118:25 Psalms 119:76 Psalms 119:108 Psalms 122:8 Psalms 124:1 Psalms 129:1+ 1 more in Psalms

Ecclesiastes — 1×

Song of Solomon — 2×

Song 3:2 Song 7:8

Isaiah — 17×

Isaiah 1:18 Isaiah 5:1 Isaiah 5:3 Isaiah 5:5 Isaiah 7:3 Isaiah 7:13 Isaiah 19:12 Isaiah 29:11 Isaiah 29:12 Isaiah 36:4 Isaiah 36:8 Isaiah 36:11 Isaiah 38:3 Isaiah 47:12 Isaiah 47:13 Isaiah 51:21 Isaiah 64:9

Jeremiah — 30×

Jeremiah 4:31 Jeremiah 5:1 Jeremiah 5:21 Jeremiah 5:24 Jeremiah 7:12 Jeremiah 17:15 Jeremiah 18:11 Jeremiah 18:13 Jeremiah 21:2 Jeremiah 25:5 Jeremiah 27:18 Jeremiah 28:7 Jeremiah 28:15 Jeremiah 30:6 Jeremiah 32:8 Jeremiah 35:15 Jeremiah 36:15 Jeremiah 36:17 Jeremiah 37:3 Jeremiah 37:20 Jeremiah 38:4 Jeremiah 38:12 Jeremiah 38:20 Jeremiah 38:25 Jeremiah 40:15+ 5 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 1:18 Lam 5:16

Ezekiel — 5×

Ezekiel 8:5 Ezekiel 8:8 Ezekiel 17:12 Ezekiel 18:25 Ezekiel 33:30

Daniel — 2×

Daniel 1:12 Daniel 9:16

Amos — 2×

Amos 7:2 Amos 7:5

Jonah — 3×

Jonah 1:8 Jonah 1:14 Jonah 4:3

Micah — 4×

Micah 3:1 Micah 3:9 Micah 6:1 Micah 6:5

Haggai — 4×

Haggai 2:2 Haggai 2:11 Haggai 2:15 Haggai 2:18

Zechariah — 3×

Zech 1:4 Zech 3:8 Zech 5:5

Malachi — 3×

Malachi 1:8 Malachi 1:9 Malachi 3:10

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