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Naam 

The meaning of Naam is "pleasantness" one of the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (1 Chronicles 4:15)​

​NAAMAN 

The meaning of Naaman is "be pleasant" Naaman the Aramean was a commander of the of the army of Syria, armies of Ben-Hadad II, the king of Aram-Damascus. He was the son of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21) He was held in favor because of the victory that God brought him. Yet Naaman was a leper (2 Kings 5:1). Naaman's wife had a servant girl from Israel who said that a prophet there would be able to heal him. Elisha tells Naaman to come to see him. Elisha then told Naaman to go bathe in the Jordan seven times and he would be clean (2 Kings 5:10).​ A servant of Elisha, Gehazi, seeing Naaman being turned away from offering God offerings, ran after him and falsely asked for clothing and silver for visitors. And the leprosy from Naaman fell on Gehazi and would remain in his descendants (2 Kings 5:27).

​NAAMAH 

The meaning of Naamah is "pleasant; lovely" 
  • A descendant of Cain, she was the only mentioned daughter of Lamech and Zillah and their youngest mentioned child; her brother was Tubal-cain (Genesis 4:22), while Jabal and Jubal were her half-brothers, sons of Lamech's other wife Adah.​
  • Naamah was one of the 700 wives and 300 concubines of King Solomon and mother of his heir, Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21–31) (2 Chronicles 12:13) 

NAARAH 

The meaning of Naarah is "Young Girl" Naarah was one of two wives of Ashhur (1 Chronicles 4:5), along with Helah. Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari (1 Chronicles 4:6). Naarah was among the clans of Judah.​

​NAARAN 

The meaning of Naaran is "to be young; Juvenile" The name of a town in Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:28), which may or may not be the same as the town named Naarath, which is mentioned in (Joshua 16:7).​

​NABAL 

The meaning of Nabal is "fool" Nabal was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly (1 Samuel 25:3). He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult (1 Samuel 25:14), and ultimately killed by God (1 Samuel 25:38).​

NABOTH 

The meaning of Nābhōth is "sprout" Naboth was a citizen of Jezreel, and was executed by Queen Jezebel so that her husband Ahab could possess his vineyard (1 Kings 21:13). Naboth owned a vineyard, in proximity to King Ahab's palace in the city of Jezreel (1 Kings 21:1). Because of this, Ahab desired to acquire the vineyard so that he could use it for a vegetable. Since he inherited the land from his ancestors, Naboth refused to sell it to Ahab (1 Kings 21:3). Frustrated at not being able to procure the vineyard, Ahab returned to his palace and went to bed without eating anything (1 Kings 21:4). She then said that she would obtain the vineyard for him. The elders and nobles of Naboth's city (1 Kings 21:8), instructing them to entrap Naboth by inviting him to a religious feast, where he would be 'exalted'. Two witnesses, referred to as "scoundrels" by Jezebel, were then to be called forth to (falsely) accuse Naboth of cursing God and the king (1 Kings 21:13). After that, they would take him outside the city and stone him to death (1 Kings 21:14). The conspiracy succeeded, and Naboth's sons perished with their father, probably being killed soon afterward by order of Jezebel in order that they might not claim the vineyard as their inheritance. After Naboth was executed, the Queen told Ahab to take possession of the vineyard (1 Kings 21:15).​

​NAKON (NAchON)

​​The meaning of Nakon is "A dart; a javelin" he name which in (1 Chronicles 13:9) is given to the threshing-floor at which the accident to the ark took place. In the parallel account in (2 Samuel 6:6) the name is given as Chidon, Kidom and Nachon. 

​NACHON (NAKON)

​The meaning of Nachon is "A dart; a javelin" he name which in (1 Chronicles 13:9) is given to the threshing-floor at which the accident to the ark took place. In the parallel account in (2 Samuel 6:6) the name is given as Chidon,   Kidom and Nakon.

​NACHOR (NAHOR)

The meaning of Nachor is "Hoarse, dry, hot​" The son of Serug (Genesis 11:22). He is said to have lived to the age of 148 years old (Genesis 11:25) and had a son, Terah at the age of 29 (Genesis 11:24). He was also the grandfather of Abraham, Nahor II and Haran, all descendants of Shem (Genesis 11:27).​ 

​NADAB 

The meaning of Nadab is "Free and voluntary gift; prince" 
  • Nadab was the second king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son and successor of Jeroboam. Nadab became king of Israel in the second year of Asa, King of Judah, and reigned for two years (1 Kings 15:25). In the second year of his reign, while they were besieging Gibbethon, a Philistine town in southern Dan, a conspiracy broke out in Nadab's army. He was slain by one of his own captains, Baasha, who then made himself king of Israel (1 Kings 15:27).​
  • Nadab and Abihu were the first two sons of Aaron the Levite by his marriage to Elisheba (Exodus 6:23), daughter of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah. They had four sons in total, the younger two sons being named Eleazar and Ithamar. During the Exodus journey, after the Israelites' affirmation of their covenant with God,[4] Abihu and Nadab accompanied Moses, Aaron, and 70 elders up Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:1). Aaron and his four sons were the first priests appointed as the priestly system was established by God (Exodus 28:1).

​NAGGai (NAGGe)

The meaning of Naggai is "to lighten; reflect light" The son of Maath, and father of Hesli, in the Lucan genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth, roughly in between Zerubbabel and Joseph, Jesus' father-by-law (Luke 3:25).​

​NAHALAL (NAHALlAL) (Nahalol)

The meaning of Nahalal ​is "pasture" Nahallal was located in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun (Joshua 19:15), and given to the Merarite division of the Levite tribe (Joshua 21:35).​

NAHALIEL 

The meaning of Nahaliel is "Inheritance, valley of God" One of the encampments of the Israelites in the wilderness (Numbers 21:19), on the confines of Moab.​

​NAHAM 

The meaning of Naham is "Comforter; leader" A Judahite chieftain, father of Keilah the Garmite (1 Chronicles 4:19)​

​NAHARAI ​

The meaning of Naharai is "My nostrils, hot, anger" A Berothite, one of David's heroes, and armour-bearer of Joab (1 Chronicles 11:39).​

​NAHASH 

The meaning of Nahash is "serpent" 
  • Nahash was the name of a king of Ammon (1 Samuel 11:1-3) (1 Chronicles 19:1-3)​ Nahash appears abruptly as the attacker of Jabesh-Gilead, which lay outside the territory he laid claim to. Having subjected the occupants to a siege, the population sought terms for surrender, and were told by Nahash that they had a choice of death (by the sword) or having their right eyes gouged out (1 Samuel 11:2). The occupants sought help from the people of Israel, sending messengers throughout the whole territory, and Saul, a herdsman at this time, responded by raising an army which decisively defeated Nahash and his cohorts at Bezek.
  • The father of Shobi, a man who aided David against Absalom (2 Samuel 17:27-29).

NAHATH 

The meaning of Nahath is "Rest, a leader" 

​NAHBI 

The meaning of Nahbi is "Very secret" he son of Vophsi, of the tribe of Naphtali; one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:14).​

​NAHOR (​NAcHOR)

The meaning of Nahor is "Hoarse, dry, hot​" The son of Serug (Genesis 11:22). He is said to have lived to the age of 148 years old (Genesis 11:25) and had a son, Terah at the age of 29 (Genesis 11:24). He was also the grandfather of Abraham, Nahor II and Haran, all descendants of Shem (Genesis 11:27).​ 

​NAHSHON

The meaning of Nahshon is "stormy sea-waves" Nahshon was a tribal leader of the Judahites during the wilderness wanderings. Nahshon was the son of Amminadab (Numbers 1:7), his sister Elisheba married Aaron (Exodus 6:23). During the Exodus, when the Israelites reached the Red Sea, it did not automatically part. The Israelites stood at the banks of the sea and wailed with despair, but Nahshon entered the waters. Once he was up to his nose in the water, the sea parted. ​

​NAHUM (NAUM )

The meaning of Nahum is "comforter" Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Tanakh, also called the Hebrew Bible and The Old Testament. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh (Nahum 1:1).​

NAIN 

The meaning of Nain is "Beauty, pleasantness" Nain was a small farming village at Jesus's time, nestled up against Mount Moreh, which defined the east side of the Jezreel Valley. This town is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with the visit of Jesus and the miracle of raising the widow's son from the dead (Luke 7:11)​

​NAIOTH

The meaning of Naioth is "living places; dwellings" Naioth was a place where Samuel supervised a community of prophets and to which David escaped from Saul (1 Samuel 19:18). Saul sent a series of messengers to Naioth intending for them to capture David and kill him, but instead, each of them started prophesying (1 Samuel 19:23).​

​NAOMI

The meaning of Naomi is "pleasant, gentle" Naomi is Ruth's mother-in-law. Naomi is married to a man named Elimelech. A famine causes them to move with their two sons, from their home in Judea to Moab. While there Elimelech dies, as well as his sons who had gotten married in the meantime (Ruth 1:1-3) (Ruth 1:5). Near destitute, Naomi returns to Bethlehem with one daughter-in-law, Ruth, whom she could not dissuade from accompanying her (Ruth 1:19). ​Her other daughter-in-law, Orpah, remains in Moab (Ruth 1:8). When Naomi returns, she tells the Bethlehemites, "Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me" (Ruth 1:20). 

​NAPHISH (NePHISH)

The meaning of Naphish is "The soul; he that rests; refreshes himself; or respires" The eleventh named of the twelve sons of Ishmael, patriarch and prince among the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:15) (1 Chronicles 1:31).​

​NAPHTALI 

The meaning of Naftali is "struggling; wrestling" Naphtali was the sixth son of Jacob, the second of his two sons with Bilhah (Genesis 30:8) (Genesis 35:25). He was the founder of the Israelite tribe of Naphtali.​ Naphtali is listed in Deuteronomy when God takes Moses up to the mountain of Nebo and shows him the extent of the land which he had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Deuteronomy 34.2).

NARCISSUS 

The meaning of NARCISSUS is "Astonishment, stupidity" Narcissus of Athens is numbered among the Seventy Disciples. Along with the Apostles Urban of Macedonia, Stachys, Ampliatus, Apelles of Heraklion and Aristobulus of Britannia mentioned together by Paul in (Romans 16:8–11)​​

​NATHAN 

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The meaning of Nathan is "given" Nathan was a court prophet in the time of King David (2 Samuel 7:2). He is an advisor to David (2 Samuel 7:17), with whom David reflects on the contrast between his own comfortable home and the tent in which the Ark of the Covenant is accommodated (1 Chronicles 17:1). Nathan then announces to David the covenant God was making with him (2 Samuel 7:4–17), a passage known as Nathan's Oracle), contrasting David's proposal to build a house for the Ark with God's plan to build a house for David. Later, he comes to David to reprimand him for committing adultery with Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite, whose death the King had also arranged to hide his previous transgression (2 Samuel 12:7–14). Nathan wrote histories of the reigns of both David (1 Chronicles 29:29) and Solomon (2 Chronicles 9:29), and was involved in the music of the temple (2 Chronicles 29:25). it is Nathan who tells the dying David of the plot of Adonijah to become king (1 Kings 1:24), resulting in Solomon being proclaimed king instead (1 Kings 1:38).

​NATHANAEL 

The meaning of Nathanael is "God has given" Nathanael, also known as Nathaniel of Cana was a disciple of Jesus (John 1:43) (John 21:2). Nathanael is introduced as a friend of Philip, from Bethsaida (John 1:43-44). The first disciples who follow Jesus are portrayed as reaching out immediately to family or friends: thus, Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph” (John 1:45). Nathanael is described as initially being skeptical about whether the Messiah could come from Nazareth, saying: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"(John 1:46), but nonetheless, he accepts Philip's invitation to find out. Jesus immediately characterizes him as "an Israelite in whom is no deceit"(John 1:47). ​

Nathan-Melek

The meaning of Nathan-Melekis "Servant of the King" Oone of Josiah's officials (2 Kings 23:11). He lived near the entrance to the temple, close to the courtyard where King Solomon had kept chariot-horses used to worship the Moabite sun-god Chemosh. Josiah eventually disposed of the horses and chariots.​

​NAUM (NAhUM)

The meaning of Naum is "comforter" Nahum was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Tanakh, also called the Hebrew Bible and The Old Testament. His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible. He wrote about the end of the Assyrian Empire, and its capital city, Nineveh (Nahum 1:1).​

NAZARETH 

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The meaning of Nazareth is "branch; to watch" Nazareth is a historic city of Lower Galilee, in northern Israel. it is the largest Arab city of the country. Nazareth is associated with Jesus as his boyhood home (Luke 1:26), Nazareth is first described as 'a town of Galilee' and home of Mary (Luke 1:26) and in its synagogue he preached the sermon that led to his rejection by his fellow townsmen. After Jesus' birth in Bethlehem and fleeing to Egypt to avoid Herod's wrath, Mary and Joseph went back to their home in Nazareth. He moved to Capernaum in fulfillment of an ancient Messianic prophecy (Isaiah 9:1-2) (Matthew 4:13-16).Jesus went to perform his first miracle, that of the changing of water to wine at Cana (John 2:8-10). Jesus spent His boyhood years in Nazareth before beginning His ministry when He was about 30. After moving His home to Capernaum, Jesus returned to teach in the synagogue of Nazareth twice more (Luke 4:14) (Luke 4:34), but was rejected both times. On one occasion the townspeople were so outraged at Jesus that they tried to throw Him off a cliff to His death (Luke 4:29).​

​NAZiRITE 

The meaning of Nazirite is "to abstain from; to consecrate oneself to" The word denotes generally one who is separated from others and consecrated to God (Numbers 6:2). The vow of a Nazarite involved these three things, (1) abstinence from wine and strong drink (Numbers 6:4), (2) refraining from cutting the hair off the head during the whole period of the continuance of the vow (Numbers 6:5), and (3) the avoidance of contact with the dead (Numbers 6:6). In the midst of his work at Corinth, Paul took on himself the Nazarite vow (Acts 18:18). On another occasion (Acts 21:23-26), at the feast of Pentecost, Paul took on himself again the Nazarite vow. There is mention made in Scripture of only three who were Nazarites for life, Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist (Judges 13:4) (Judges 13:5) (1 Samuel 1:11) (Luke 1:15).​

​NEAH 

The meaning of Neah is "Moving" A town in the lot of Zebulun (Joshua 19:13), mentioned along with Gath-hepher and Rimmon.​

​NEAPOLIS 

The meaning of Neapolis is "The new city" Neapolis known today as the modern city of Kavala, was and still is a very important Grecian seaport located in eastern Macedonia. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala and is located less than 10 miles from Philippi, which was the first European church started by Paul. The Apostle Paul went through the city at least three times during his missionary journeys. He went through the city during his second missionary journey when God, through a vision in Troas, conveyed to the apostle that he needed to preach the gospel in Europe (Acts 16:11).​

​NEARIAH 

The meaning of Neariah is "Child of the Lord" 

NEBAI 

The meaning of Nebai is "Budding, speaking, prophesying" One who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:19). Eldest son of Ishmael and one of the chiefs of the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:13) (Genesis 28:9) (Genesis 36:3) (1 Chronicles 1:29). The rams of Nebaioth are mentioned, with the flocks of Kedar his brother, as ministering to the prosperity of Israel in the future day of blessing (Isaiah 60:7).​

​NEBAIOTH 

The meaning of Nebaioth is "Words, prophecies, buds" Nebaioth is the firstborn son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13)​, and the name appears as the name of one of the wilderness tribes  (Isaiah 60:7) 

​NEBALLAT 

The meaning of Neballat is "wickedness in secret" A town occupied by the Benjamites after the exile, named along with Lod and Ono (Nehemiah 11:34).​

​NEBAT 

The meaning of Nebat is "That beholds" Father of Jeroboam, first king of Israel. He is mentioned in scripture only to distinguish his son, there being two kings named Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:26)​

​NEBO ​

The meaning of Nebo is "proclaimer; prophet" 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR ​

The meaning of Nebuchadnezzaris "protects my eldest son" Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon at the time and after attacking Judah, he made the then-king of Judah, Jehoiakim, his vassal for several years (2 Kings 24:1). Jehoiakim eventually turned against Nebuchadnezzar, and his son Jehoiachin became king for just three months before Nebuchadnezzar again struck Judah (2 Kings 24:15). This time, he insulted the nation by ransacking their temple (2 Chronicles 36:7). It was then that the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, made Zedekiah the king of Judah (2 Chronicles 36:10).​

​NEBUZARADAN 

The meaning of Nebuzaradan is "the chief of the guards" Nebuzaradan served under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, he was ​the captain of the guard (2 Kings 25:8). He carried out the destruction of Jerusalem after its capture in c. 587 BC, and he took away many of its citizens into exile (2 Kings 25:11). Nebuzaradan showed the prophet Jeremiah mercy, recognizing Jeremiah’s attempts to sway Judah to surrender to Babylon as being the will of God (Jeremiah 27:2–11).

​NECHO 

​The meaning of Necho is "lame; beaten" Necho II, king of Egypt, and a member of the 26th dynasty. Necho II is most likely the pharaoh Neco. The aim of the second of Necho's campaigns was Asiatic conquest, to contain the westward advance of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and cut off its trade route across the Euphrates. However, the Egyptians were defeated by the unexpected attack of the Babylonians and were eventually expelled from Syria (Jeremiah 46:2).

​NEDABIAH 

The meaning of Nedabiah is "Yahweh impels; gift of Yahweh" Nedabiah was one of the seven sons of king Jeconiah of Judah, who was exiled to Babylon (1 Chronicles 3:18). Nedabiah's brother was Pedaiah, the father of the famous Zerubbabel, who became the leader of the great second wave of returnees from the exile.​

​NEHELAMITE 

The meaning of Nehelamite is "descendant of Nechlam" Shemaiah the Nehelamite, a false prophet who went with the captives to Babylon and who opposed Jeremiah (Jeremiah 29:24) (Jeremiah 29:31-32). ​

NEHEMIAH ​

The meaning of Nehemiah is "Yahweh comforts" A Jewish leader who supervised the rebuilding of Jerusalem in the mid-5th century BCE after his release from captivity by the Persian king Artaxerxes I. Nehemiah obtained permission from Artaxerxes to journey to Palestine to help rebuild its ruined structures (Nehemiah 2:1) (Nehemiah 2:11). Nehemiah then apparently served as governor of the small district of Judea for 12 years (Nehemiah 8:9), during which he undertook various religious and economic reforms before returning to Persia (Nehemiah 12:47). On a second visit to Jerusalem he strengthened his fellow Jews’ observance of the Sabbath and ended the custom of Jewish men marrying foreign-born wives. ​

​NEHUM 

The meaning of Nehum is "comfort; comforter; penitent" One of the twelve heads of the people who returned with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7). In the parallel passage (Ezra 2:2), the name appears as Rehum​

​NEHUSHTA 

The meaning of Nehushta is "Made of brass" She is the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, and the wife of ungodly King Jehoiakin (Jehoiachin) (2 Kings 24:8), king of Judah. She went with her husband into the Babylonian captivity brought by King Nebuchadnezzar’s conquering of their kingdom.​

​NEHUSHTAN 

The meaning of Nehushtan is "The great serpent; the great brass" Nehushtan is the name given to the bronze image of a serpent on a pole. God instructed Moses to erect it so that the Israelites who saw it would be cured and be protected from dying from the bites of the "fiery serpents", which Yahweh had sent to punish them for speaking against him and Moses (Numbers 21:4–9). King Hezekiah institutes an iconoclastic reform that included the destruction of "the brazen serpent that Moses had made (2 Kings 18:4)​

​NEIEL 

The meaning of Neiel is "Commotion, or moving, of God" A town in the territory of Asher, near its southern border (Joshua 19:27).​

NEKODA 

The meaning of Nekoda is "Marked" 

​NEMUEL ​

The meaning of Nemuel is "The sleeping of God" 

​NEPHEG 

The meaning of Nepheg is "sprout" 

​NEPHILIM 

The meaning of Nephilim is "giants; the fallen ones" A group of mysterious beings or people of unusually large size and strength who lived both before and after the Flood (Genesis 6:4) (Numbers 13:33). ​

​NEPHISH (NAPHISH​)

The meaning of Naphish is "The soul; he that rests; refreshes himself; or respires" The eleventh named of the twelve sons of Ishmael, patriarch and prince among the Ishmaelites (Genesis 25:15) (1 Chronicles 1:31).​

​NEPHTOAH 

The meaning of Nephtoah is "The water of" A water source on the boundary of Judah (Joshua 15:9) with Benjamin (Josh 18:15).​

​NER 

The meaning of Ner is "candle; light" a Benjamite, father of Kish and Abner, and grandfather of king Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33).​

NEREUS 

The meaning of Nereus is "He Who Shines; He Who Flows" Nereus occurs only once in the Bible, namely at the end of Paul's letter to the Romans, where the apostle greets a number of friends, including Nereus and his sister (Romans 16:15).​

​NERGAL ​

The meaning of Nergal is "God of war; disease; death" Nergal is mentioned in the Book of Kings as the deity of the city of Kuthah (2 Kings 17:30)​

​NERGAL-SHAREZER 

The meaning of Nergal-sharezer is "Inspiration; to live better" A Babylonian officer, the associated with Nebushazban in the care of Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 39:3) (Jeremiah 39:13).​

​NERI 

The meaning of Neri is "my candle; my lamp" Son of Melchi and father of Shealtiel (Luke 3:27).​

​NERIAH 

The meaning of Neriah is "Lamp of God" Neriah is the son of Mahseiah, and the father of Baruch and Seraiah ben Neriah (Jeremiah 32:12) (Jeremiah 51:59). ​

NETHANEL 

The meaning of Nethanel is "God has given" 

​NETHANIAH 

The meaning of Nethaniah ​is "The gift of the Lord" Nethaniah was a member of the royal household of Judah who assassinated Gedaliah after he was appointed governor of Judah by king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (2 Kings 25:23) (Jeremiah 41:2).​

​NEZIAH 

The meaning of Neziah is "Conqueror, strong" The head of a family of Nethinim (Ezra 2:54) (Nehemiah 7:56),​

​NEZIB 

The meaning of Nezib is "garrison; pillar" A town in the Judean Shephelah, mentioned along with Keilah and Mareshah (Joshua 15:43).​

NIBHAZ THE BARKER 

The meaning of Nibhaz is "Budding, prophesying" Nibhaz was a deity of the Avim during the time of Shalmaneser I (2 Kings 17:31).​

​NIBSHAN 

The meaning of Nibhshan is "fertile; light soil" A city in the Judean wilderness named between Secacah and the City of Salt (Joshua 15:62).​

​NICANOR 

The meaning of Nicanor is "Man Of Victory, victory Of Man" One of "the seven" chosen to superintend "the daily ministration" of the poor of the Christian community at Jerusalem (Acts 6:5).​

​NICODEMUS 

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The meaning of Nicodemus is "conqueror of the people" Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin, the Jewish ruling council (John 3:1). He first visits Jesus one night to discuss Jesus' teachings (John 3:2). When Nicodemus visits Jesus he makes reference to these events: "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him (John 3:4)." Jesus replies: "Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:5)." The second time Nicodemus is mentioned, he reminds his colleagues in the Sanhedrin that the law requires that a person be heard before being judged (John 7:50–51). Nicodemus appears after Jesus' crucifixion to provide the customary embalming spices, about 100 Roman pounds (33 kilograms (73 lb))—despite embalming being generally against Jewish custom, and assists Joseph of Arimathea in preparing the body of Jesus for burial (John 19:39–42) (Matthew 27:57) (Mark 15:43). Nicodemus must have been a man of means, The quantity of the balm is extraordinary and exceeds all normal proportions. This is a royal burial.​​

​NICOLAS 

The meaning of Nicolas is "Victory of the people" A native of Antioch and one of the first Seven Deacons mentioned in (Acts 6:5).​

​Nicolaitans (NICOLAITANES) 

The meaning of Nicolaitans is "one who conquers the people​" One of a group reproved in and generally associated with those who were rebuked for eating things offered to idols and for fornication (Revelation 2:6) (Revelation 2:14–15).​

​NICOPOLIS 

The meaning of Nicopolis is "City of victory" The capital city of the Roman province of Epirus Vetus. A city mentioned as the place where, at the time of writing that epistle, Paul was intending to pass the coming winter, and where he wished Titus to meet him. Titus was at this time in Crete (Titus 3:12).​

​NIGER 

The meaning of Niger is "Black" One of the "prophets and teachers" in the church of Antioch. In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul (Acts 13:1).​

​NIMRAH 

The meaning of Nimrah is "Rebellion"  city on the east of Jordan (Numbers 32:3); probably the same as Beth-nimrah (Numbers 32:36) (Joshua 13:27).​

​NIMROD 

The meaning of Nimrod is "we will rebel" The son of Cush (Genesis 10:8) (1 Chronicles 1:10) and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar. The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lord (Genesis 10:9), which could imply he was a mighty warrior. Nimrod was the ruler who commissioned the construction of the Tower of Babel, which led to his reputation as a king who was rebellious against God​

NIMSHI 

The meaning of Nimshi is "rescued from danger" Nimshi was grandfather of Jehu, the king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 9:2), although also said to be his father (1 Kings 19:16). ​

​NINEVEH 

The meaning of Nineveh is "Handsome; agreeable" Nineveh is notable in the Bible as the capital city of Assyria (Genesis 10:11–12), a longtime enemy of Israel. One of the many cities Nimrod built in Assyria, The Assyrians were notorious for their cruelty and idolatry (Nahum 3:19). Their capital, Nineveh, contained many temples, including one to Ishtar, the Assyrian goddess that some scholars believe was the namesake of Nineveh. Nineveh is depicted as the center of the Assyrian Empire and home to King Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:36) (Isaiah 37:37). Sennacherib led a successful campaign against many nations, but he failed to take Jerusalem due to the Lord’s intervention. He returned to Nineveh and was later killed in the temple of the Assyrian god Nisrok (2 Kings 19:35–37). Nineveh is well-known as the place where the prophet Jonah was sent by God to preach (Jonah 1:2). Jonah was reluctant to go, probably because of the Assyrians’ great wickedness, and he tried to run from the Lord’s command. God intercepted Jonah and sent him to the Ninevites by making a great fish swallow him (Jonah 1:3, 17). In Nineveh, Jonah proclaimed the coming judgment on that city (Jonah 2:10) (Jonah 3:1-4). Instead of rejecting the Lord’s warning, the Ninevites humbled themselves and repented of their sin, from the king on down. The whole city fasted, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes—they even dressed their animals in sackcloth (Jonah 3:5–9). Seeing that the city of Nineveh repented of their wickedness, “God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them” (Jonah 3:10). Jesus mentioned the Ninevites and their repentance, contrasting that response to the unbelief of the Pharisees and teachers of the law (Matthew 12:39–41). Although Nineveh escaped destruction during the time of Jonah, a later generation still had to face a reckoning. The prophet Nahum prophesied of the destruction of the city because of the people’s evilness (Nahum 1:1). Nineveh’s walls had been breached by flood waters, allowing their attackers to enter the city. The city’s ruin was ultimately a product of God’s divine wrath (Nahum 1:8).​ 

​NISAN 

The meaning of Nisan is "first fruits" The first month of the Jewish year in which occurred the Passover and which corresponds to April. The month is the same as Abib, which occurs in the Pentateuch (Esther 3:7).​

​Nisrok (NISROCH) 

The meaning of Nisrok is "great eagle" An Assyrian god in whose temple King Sennacherib was worshiping when he was assassinated by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer (2 Kings 19:37) (Isaiah 37:38).​

NOADIAH 

The meaning of Noadiah is "meeting with the Lord" 
  • A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezra 8:33).​
  • A false prophetess who assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Nehemiah 6:14). Being bribed by them, she tried to stir up discontent among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and so to embarrass Nehemiah in his great work of rebuilding the ruined walls of the city.

​NOAH 

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​The meaning of Noah is "rest; repose" Tenth and final of the pre-Flood Patriarchs, son to Lamech (Genesis 5:30) and an unnamed mother, Noah is 500 years old before his sons Shem, Ham and Japheth are born (Genesis 5:32) The Genesis flood narrative is among the best-known stories of the Bible. In this account, Noah labored faithfully to build the Ark at God's command (Genesis 6:9), ultimately saving not only his own family, but mankind itself and all land animals, from extinction during the Flood, which God created after regretting that the world was full of sin (Genesis 6:13). Afterwards, God made a covenant with Noah and promised never again to destroy all the Earth's creatures with a flood (Genesis 8:21). Noah is also portrayed as a "tiller of the soil" and as a drinker of wine. After the flood, God commands Noah and his sons to "be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth" (Genesis 9:1). After the flood, Noah offered burnt offerings to God. God accepted the sacrifice, and made a covenant with Noah, and through him with all mankind (Genesis 8:20).  Noah, as the last of the extremely long-lived Antediluvian patriarchs, died 350 years after the flood (Genesis 9:28), at the age of 950, when Terah was 128 (Genesis 9:29). The maximum human lifespan, as depicted by the Bible, gradually diminishes thereafter, from almost 1,000 years to the 120 years of Moses (Genesis 6:3) (Deuteronomy 31:22). After the flood, the Bible says that Noah became a farmer and he planted a vineyard. He drank wine made from this vineyard, and got drunk; and lay "uncovered" within his tent. Noah's son Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his brothers (Genesis 9:22), which led to Ham's son Canaan being cursed by Noah (Genesis 9:23-25). Among Japheth's descendants were the maritime nations (Genesis 10:2-5). Ham's son Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the first man of might on earth, a mighty hunter, king in Babylon and the land of Shinar (Genesis 10:6-10). From there Ashur went and built Nineveh. (Genesis 10:11–12) Canaan's descendants – Sidon, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites – spread out from Sidon as far as Gerar, near Gaza, and as far as Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 10:15-19). Among Shem's descendants was Eber (Genesis 10:21).​ 

​NOB 

The meaning of Nob is "high place, a city of the priests" A priestly town in ancient Israel in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The town is mostly known as the site of a massacre described in the Bible where the town's Hebrew priests are massacred by Doeg the Edomite who acted on orders from King Saul (1 Samuel 22:6).​

​NOBAH 

The meaning of Nobah is "" ​

​NOD 

The meaning of D is "Barking; Bark" An Israelite warrior, who during the conquest of the territory on the east of Jordan possessed himself of the town of Kenath and the villages or hamlets dependent upon it, and gave them his own name (Numbers 32:42).​

NODAB 

The meaning of Nodab is "Nobility" Nodab was a Biblical tribe among the Hagarites (1 Chronicles 5:19). They were mentioned as having been conquered by Reuben, Gad and half-Manessah.​

​NOGAH 

The meaning of Nogah is "Brightness, clearness" A son of David born at Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 3:7) (1 Chronicles 14:6). ​

​NOHA 

The meaning of Nohah is "rest" The fourth son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:2).​

​NOPHAH 

The meaning of Nophah is "Fearful, binding" It's mentioned among the cities of the Amorites and Moabites which were destroyed by Israel (Numbers 21:30).​

​NUN 

The meaning of Nun is "fish" a man from the Tribe of Ephraim, grandson of Ammihud, son of Elishama, and father of Joshua (Exodus 33:11) (1 Chronicles 7:26–27).​

​Nympha

The meaning of Nympha is "spouse; bridegroom" A woman or a man, saluted by Paul of Tarsus in his Epistle to the Colossians as a member of the church of Laodicea (Colossians 4:15).​