Nod — the meaning of the Hebrew name נוֹד

נוֹד

Nôwd · pronounced node · Strong's H5113 · a place

Nod means vagrancy.

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נוֹד nôwd (the same as, H5112) — exile open in the lexicon ›

the same as H5112; vagrancy; Nod, the land of Cain.

Gen 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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