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Jeremiah 51:6

“Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נוּסnûwç · noos
H5127 · Hebrew
Definition
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
[idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.
Grammar
  • נֻ֣סוּ — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HVqv2mp
Usage
Occurs 161 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:10Genesis 14:10Genesis 19:20Genesis 39:12Genesis 39:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נוּס here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.