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Naaman pleasant. The pride of man thoroughly humbled, and the kingdom received as a little child. Name occurs about 12 Times in the Scriptures. 2 Kings 5.
Nadab liberal or noble. Reigned two years This wicked king followed in his father’s evil courses, and was conspired against and slain by Baasha. 1 Kings 15.
Nadab and Abihu noble and whose father is God. The daring presumption of mere nature, aided by religious ordinances and ecclesiastical position, to enter the Lord’s presence. These names occur about 12 Times, always in conjunction, and only in the Old Testament. Num. 3.
Nain (In Galilee, some 8 miles south by east of Nazareth. The approach to the place is by a steep ascent from the plain of Esdraelon; rocks and sepulchres abound in the vicinity. It is where Jesus raised to life the widow’s son. It is now a small hamlet of about 20 houses, and is called Nein. Luke 7:1111And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. (Luke 7:11).
Natural
1. φυσικός, from φύσις, “nature,” that which is according to nature in mankind or the animal world. Rom. 1:26-2726For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. (Romans 1:26‑27); 2 Peter 2:1212But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; (2 Peter 2:12).
2. κατά φύσιν, “according to nature,” here applied to the vegetable kingdom: it was contrary to nature to graft wild branches into a good tree. Rom. 11:21,2421For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. (Romans 11:21)
24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? (Romans 11:24).
3. ψυχικός, from ψυχή, “life, soul, breath,” etc. 1 Cor. 2:14; 15:44,4614But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. (1 Corinthians 15:44)
46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. (1 Corinthians 15:46). The same word is translated “sensual” in James 3:1515This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. (James 3:15); Jude 1919These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. (Jude 19); one governed by his natural mind and appetites; a natural man, “not having the Spirit.”
4. γένεσις, from “to be born.” James 1:2323For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: (James 1:23). Ttranslated “nature” in James 3:66And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. (James 3:6).
5. This term denotes the state of the unconverted — a condition in which there is not a single link with the living God. One living in the flesh, i.e. in the doctrinal sense of the word, is a “natural” man; one walking in the Spirit is a “spiritual” man. “Sensual” in James 3:15,15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. (James 3:15) and Jude 19,19These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. (Jude 19) should be “natural.”
Nazareth A town in Galilee, lying 6 miles west of mount Tabor. Though on a mountain it is surrounded by hills, which shelter it from the bleak winds. It was here that Joseph and Mary took up their abode on their return from Egypt, and where the Lord probably spent the earlier years of His life. The place was despised by the Jews, which led Nathanael to ask, “Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” and to the Lord being called a Nazarene, as an inhabitant of Nazareth. Acts 24:55For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: (Acts 24:5) shows that the term “Nazarene” was applied to the early Christians, and indeed to this day in Israel Christians are often called Nazarenes. Matt. 2:2323And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. (Matthew 2:23); Mark 1:99And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. (Mark 1:9); Luke 2:39,5139And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. (Luke 2:39)
51And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. (Luke 2:51); John 1:4646And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. (John 1:46); Acts 2:22,22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: (Acts 2:22) etc. Travellers say it is easy to find the hill, headlong down which the inhabitants sought to cast the Lord, when He spoke to them of grace having gone forth to the Gentiles (Luke 4:2929And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. (Luke 4:29)). Nazareth is now called en-Nasirah, and has between 3,000 and 4,000 inhabitants. On the hill-side is a famous spring called the “Fountain of the Virgin,” and there is but little doubt that at this fountain nearly two thousand years ago might have been seen the mother of the Lord with her pitcher, as the women of the place may now be seen at the close of the day.
Neapolis The seaport of Philippi, where Paul first landed in Europe. Acts 16:1111Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; (Acts 16:11). It is now called Kavala, on the coast of Roumelia. It has a population of about 5,000, mostly Moslems.
Nebuchadnezzar prince of god mercury. Absolute and universal power in the hands of man. Name occurs about 90 times in the Scriptures. Dan. 2.
Net
1. δίκτυον, an ordinary trawl net. Matt. 4:20-2120And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. (Matthew 4:20‑21); Luke 5:2-62And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 6And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. (Luke 5:2‑6); John 21:6,8,116And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. (John 21:6)
8And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. (John 21:8)
11Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. (John 21:11).
2. ἀμφίβληστρον, a net that encloses a large space. Matt. 4:1818And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. (Matthew 4:18).
3. σαγήνη, a drag-net, a seyne. Matt. 13:4747Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: (Matthew 13:47).
4. A symbol of cunning contrivance. Psa. 9:1515The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. (Psalm 9:15); Prov. 1:1717Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. (Proverbs 1:17); Hab. 1:1616Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. (Habakkuk 1:16).
New Birth The new birth is not the improvement of man or the sanctification of his old nature, but it is the entire ignoring of the old life, with all its motions, works and tendencies, and the impartation of a totally new life or nature. This new and divinely imparted life is as true and real in the soul of the believer as it is now in Christ —  “which thing (eternal life) is true in Him and in you” (1 John 2:88Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. (1 John 2:8)). We are born again or anew of water and of the Spirit, that is, of the Word of God and the Spirit of God. The “water” of John 3:55Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (John 3:5) must not be confounded with baptism, which latter is important in its place, but is not in a single instance connected with the reception of eternal life. The following Scriptures show clearly enough that “water” symbolizes the Word of God in its life-begetting, cleansing, and sanctifying power — 1 Peter 1:2323Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (1 Peter 1:23); Ephesians 5:25-2725Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (Ephesians 5:25‑27); John 15:33Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. (John 15:3). By the reception in faith of God’s Word in the power of the Spirit, I get communicated an actual, real, and eternal life. The measure and character of this life is Christ, thus “Christ our life.” It is a subjective condition, as “regeneration,” with which it is often erroneously confounded, is an objective one. The new birth is as distinct and positive as the life received from Adam. We, believers, have both, but it is our responsibility and privilege to deny the life of the first man, and to walk in the power of the Second Man, who is our life, as to its source, measure, character and blessedness, and who has also quickened us, the agent being the Holy Spirit planting the incorruptible seed of the Word in our souls.
New
1. καινός, “new,” in contrast with something “before,” applied to “bottles,” Matt. 9:1717Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17); Mark 2:2222And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. (Mark 2:22); Luke 5:3838But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. (Luke 5:38); new “doctrine,” Mark 1:2727And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. (Mark 1:27); Acts 17:1919And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? (Acts 17:19); new “covenant” or “testament,” Matt. 26:2828For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matthew 26:28); Mark 14:2424And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. (Mark 14:24); Luke 22:2020Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. (Luke 22:20); 1 Cor. 11: 25; 2 Cor. 3:66Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. (2 Corinthians 3:6); Heb. 8:8,13; 9:158For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: (Hebrews 8:8)
13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. (Hebrews 8:13)
15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. (Hebrews 9:15); new “man,” Eph. 2:15; 4:2415Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; (Ephesians 2:15)
24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. (Ephesians 4:24); new “creature,” 2 Cor. 5:1717Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17); Gal. 6:1515For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. (Galatians 6:15). Also used in Matthew 26:29; 27:6029But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. (Matthew 26:29)
60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. (Matthew 27:60); Mark 14:25; 16:1725Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. (Mark 14:25)
17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; (Mark 16:17); Luke 5:3636And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. (Luke 5:36); John 13:34; 19:4134A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34)
41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. (John 19:41); 2 Peter 3:1313Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. (2 Peter 3:13); 1 John 2:7-87Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. (1 John 2:7‑8); 2 John 55And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. (2 John 5); Revelation 2:17; 3:12; 5:9; 14:3; 21:1-2,517He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (Revelation 2:17)
12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. (Revelation 3:12)
9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; (Revelation 5:9)
3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. (Revelation 14:3)
1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:1‑2)
5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. (Revelation 21:5).
2. νέσς, “new” in the sense of “fresh”, not grown old, as new “wine,” Matt. 9:1717Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. (Matthew 9:17); Mark 2:2222And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. (Mark 2:22); Luke 5:37,3937And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. (Luke 5:37)
39No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better. (Luke 5:39); new “lump,” 1 Cor. 5:77Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: (1 Corinthians 5:7); new [man], Col. 3:1010And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: (Colossians 3:10); new “covenant,” Heb. 12:2424And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:24). The word is also translated “young” in Titus 2:44That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, (Titus 2:4).
3. ἄγναφος, “unfulled” cloth. Matt. 9:1616No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. (Matthew 9:16); Mark 2:2121No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. (Mark 2:21).
4. πρόσφατος, “recent, modern.” Heb. 10:2020By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; (Hebrews 10:20).
Nicodemus The ruler of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night — like others, a disciple in secret. He could not understand how a man could be born again, though the Lord intimated that being a teacher in Israel he should have known such things (see Ezek. 36:25-2725Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezekiel 36:25‑27)). Later on, Nicodemas pleaded that Jesus should not be condemned without being heard. After the crucifixion he bought a hundred pound weight of spices to anoint the body of the Lord, thus openly identifying himself with the One whom the rulers had rejected. John 3:1,4,9; 7:50; 19:391There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: (John 3:1)
4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? (John 3:4)
9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? (John 3:9)
50Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) (John 7:50)
39And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. (John 19:39).
Nicolaitanes There were those at Ephesus who hated the works of this sect, as the Lord did also; but at Pergamos there were some who held the doctrine of the same. It cannot now be traced what their error was. Rev. 2:6,156But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. (Revelation 2:6)
15So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. (Revelation 2:15).
Nicopolis “City of Victory.’ There were several places of this name; but the one alluded to is supposed to be situated in the Epirus, south-west of Macedonia. Paul had determined to winter at this place. Titus 3:1212When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. (Titus 3:12).
Nineve The Nineveh of the Old Testament, the capital of the Assyrian empire, situate on the Tigris, about 36° 20' N. The Ninevites repented at the preaching of Jonah, and they will rise up in judgment against the inhabitants of Israel, who did not repent at the preaching and miracles of the Lord. Matt. 12:4141The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. (Matthew 12:41); Luke 11:30,3230For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. (Luke 11:30)
32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. (Luke 11:32). Nineveh sinned afterward, and was destroyed. Ezek. 31; Zeph. 2:13-1513And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. 14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 15This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. (Zephaniah 2:13‑15). Its ruins are extensive, and many ancient monuments have been discovered, and are in the European museums.
Noah, Noe rest. Referred to in the N.T. –
a. for his faith in preparing an ark, according to the instructions by God, though no signs of danger were apparent;
b. as a preacher of righteousness while the ark was being built;
c. in being one of eight persons saved, when the flood came suddenly upon the ungodly, even as the coming of Christ will be when He comes to the earth. Matt. 24:37-3837But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, (Matthew 24:37‑38); Luke 3:36; 17:26-2736Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, (Luke 3:36)
26And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:26‑27); Heb. 11:77By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Hebrews 11:7); 1 Pet. 3:2020Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. (1 Peter 3:20); 2 Peter 2:55And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; (2 Peter 2:5).
d. a figure of Christ in some respects, and in others the future remnant of Israel.
Name occurs about 55 times in the Scriptures. Gen. 6.
Noble, Nobleman
1. (ἅνθρωπος) εὐγενής, “of good family, noble birth.” Luke 19:1212He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. (Luke 19:12); Acts 17:1111These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. (Acts 17:11); 1 Cor. 1:2626For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: (1 Corinthians 1:26).
2. βασιλικός, “royal, kingly.” John 4:46,4946So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. (John 4:46)
49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. (John 4:49). Translated “royal.” Acts 12:2121And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. (Acts 12:21); James 2:88If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: (James 2:8).
3. κράτιστος superlative of κρατύς, strong, “mighty.” Acts 24:3; 26:253We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. (Acts 24:3)
25But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. (Acts 26:25).
Nuts are well-known fruit, still cultivated in Israel, although not plentiful.