5113. Nod
Strong's Lexicon
Nod: Nod

Original Word: נוֹד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Nowd
Pronunciation: nōd
Phonetic Spelling: (node)
Definition: Nod
Meaning: Nod

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root נוּד (nud), meaning "to wander" or "to flee."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Genesis 4:16: "So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden." (BSB)

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Nod in the Septuagint or the New Testament, as it is a unique term specific to the Hebrew Bible.

Usage: Nod is a geographical term used in the Bible to describe the land to which Cain was exiled after murdering his brother Abel.

Cultural and Historical Background: The name itself signifies a place of wandering, reflecting Cain's punishment of becoming a restless wanderer on the earth.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from nud
Definition
a region into which Cain wandered
NASB Translation
Nod (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. נוֺד apparently proper name, of a territory ׳ארץנֿ Genesis 4:16 of region into which Cain wandered (compare Genesis 4:12; Genesis 4:14); ᵐ5 (strangely) Ναιδ; ᵑ9 appellative, profugus in terra, compare Symm Theod, see NeMarg. 9.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Nod

The same as nowd; vagrancy; Nod, the land of Cain -- Nod.

see HEBREW nowd

Forms and Transliterations
נ֖וֹד נוד nō·wḏ Nod nōwḏ
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 4:16
HEB: וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ נ֖וֹד קִדְמַת־ עֵֽדֶן׃
NAS: in the land of Nod, east
KJV: in the land of Nod, on the east
INT: and settled the land of Nod east of Eden

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 5113
1 Occurrence


nō·wḏ — 1 Occ.















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