3535. Nineui

Lexicon

Nineui: Nineveh

Original Word: Νινευή
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Nineui
Pronunciation: nee-nev-AY
Phonetic Spelling: (nin-yoo-ee')
Definition: Nineveh
Meaning: Nineveh, a city on the Tigris in Assyria.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Nineve.

Of Hebrew origin (Niynveh); Ninevi (i.e. Nineveh), the capital of Assyria -- Nineve.

see HEBREW Niynveh

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of Hebrew origin Nineveh
Definition
variant reading for NG3536, q.v.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3535: Νινευΐ´

Νινευΐ´, ἡ, Hebrew נִינְוֵה (supposed to be compounded of נין and נָוֵה, the abode of Ninus; (cf. Fried. Delitzsch as below; Schrader as below, pp. 102, 572)), in the Greek and Roman writings ἡ Νινος (on the accent cf. Pape, Eigennamen, under the word), Nineveh (Vulg.Ninive (so A. V. in Luke as below)), a great city, the capital of Assyria, built apparently about , on the eastern bank of the Tigris opposite the modern city of Mosul. It was destroyed (about) , and its ruins, containing invaluable monuments of art and archaeology, began to be excavated in recent times (from 1840 on), especially by the labors of the Frenchman Botta and the Englishman Layard; cf. Layard, Nineveh and its Remains, Lond. 1849, 2 vols.; and his Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, Lond. 1853; (also his article in Smith's Dict. of the Bible); H. J. C. Weissenborn, Ninive as above Gebiet etc. 2 Pts. Erf. 1851-1856; Tuch, De Nino urbe, Lipsius 1844; Spiegel in Herzog 10, pp. 361-381; (especially Fried. Delitzsch in Herzog 2 (cf. Schaff-Herzog) x., pp. 587-603; Schrader, Keilinschriften as above with index under the word; and in Riehm under the word; Winers Grammar, Robertson Smith in Encyc. Brit. under the word); Hitzig in Schenkel 4:334ff; (Rawlinson, Five Great Monarchies etc.; Geo. Smith, Assyrian Discoveries, (Lond. 1875)). In the N. T. once, viz. Luke 11:32 R G.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Of Assyrian origin

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • H5210 נִינְוֵה (Ninveh)

Usage: The term Νινευή refers to the ancient city of Nineveh, which was the capital of the Assyrian Empire. It is mentioned in the New Testament in the context of Jesus referencing the repentance of the Ninevites.

Context: Nineveh was one of the most prominent cities of the ancient world, serving as the capital of the Assyrian Empire. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, in what is now modern-day Iraq. Nineveh is first mentioned in the Bible in the book of Genesis as part of the kingdom established by Nimrod (Genesis 10:11-12).

The city is most famously known from the book of Jonah, where God commands the prophet Jonah to go to Nineveh and call the city to repentance due to its wickedness. Jonah initially flees from this task but eventually goes to Nineveh after a series of divine interventions. The people of Nineveh, from the king to the commoners, heed Jonah's warning and repent, leading God to spare the city from destruction (Jonah 3:4-10).

In the New Testament, Jesus refers to Nineveh as an example of repentance. In Matthew 12:41 (BSB), Jesus states, "The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here."

Nineveh's historical significance is also noted in the prophetic books of Nahum and Zephaniah, which foretell its eventual downfall due to its return to wickedness. The city was ultimately destroyed in 612 BC by a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, and Scythians, fulfilling these prophecies.

Englishman's Concordance

νικήσεις — 1 Occ.
νικῶ — 1 Occ.
νικῶν — 8 Occ.
νικῶντας — 1 Occ.
νικῶντι — 2 Occ.
νίκη — 1 Occ.
Νικόδημος — 5 Occ.
Νικολαϊτῶν — 2 Occ.
Νικόλαον — 1 Occ.
Νικόπολιν — 1 Occ.
Νινευῖται — 2 Occ.
Νινευίταις — 1 Occ.
νιπτῆρα — 1 Occ.
ἔνιψα — 1 Occ.
ἐνιψάμην — 1 Occ.
ἐνίψατο — 1 Occ.
ἔνιψεν — 2 Occ.
νίψαι — 3 Occ.
νιψάμενος — 1 Occ.
νίψασθαι — 1 Occ.