Lexicon :: Strong's H5156 - nᵊḥîr

נְחִיר
Transliteration
nᵊḥîr
Pronunciation
nekh-eer'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as נַחַר (H5170)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1346c

Strong’s Definitions

נְחִיר nᵉchîyr, nekh-eer'; from the same as H5170; a nostril:—(dual) nostrils.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H5156 in the following manner: nostril (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H5156 in the following manner: nostril (1x).

  1. nostril

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נְחִיר nᵉchîyr, nekh-eer'; from the same as H5170; a nostril:—(dual) nostrils.
STRONGS H5156: Abbreviations
† [נָחִיר noun [masculine] nostril (apparently from above √, and not connected with Arabic stab camel in wind-pipe, etc., Aramaic נְחַר kill by stabbing, in nose or throat, compare Late Hebrew נָחַר perforate, kill by stabbing, so that נָחִיר would = perforation, and נחר snort would be denominative); — only dual suffix מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן Job 41:12 (of crocodile).
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Job

41:12